....do it yourself." I don't know who first came up with that one, but it's as appropriate today as it was when I first heard my dad say it when I was a kid.
For me it describes perfectly the saga of the holiday banana pudding I'm still waiting for. This past Thanksgiving I mentioned how much I wanted some banana pudding and my SIL said she would make some for our family get-together. Bless her heart, she tried, and what she served wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't Classic Banana Pudding. If she'd called it Banana Delight or something we wouldn't have thought anything about it. But as we were expecting banana pudding, we were disappointed.
So, in the spirit of that old idiom, I'm gonna do it myself. We're going to my in-laws house on Christmas day and K and I are bringing dessert. On Monday I'll be in the kitchen with my cookbook acting like I'm Emeril Lagasse. (Fair disclosure....my "cookbook" is actually the side of a box of 'Nilla Wafers. Close enough.)
Fancy cooks have a habit of taking a very simple recipe and jazzing it up, thinking it's an improvement. I wouldn't mind it if they did that and labeled it "New Improved ______" and served it alongside "Classic _____". Then we would know we had a choice and could decide for ourselves. I just don't like surprises when it comes to my food. Truth in advertising.
Don't promise me Santa Claus, then send me Billy Bob Thornton. ;)
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