On Thu, 09 May 2013 17:04:12 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:16:54 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>> While I'm sure there are some wonderful historica banana pudding recipes
>> with some sort of homemade custard, the ones I encountered at pot-lucks
>> called for Jell-O pudding. Um, no thanks.
>
>If you ever stumble across a real from scratch (at least the pudding
>part) recipe, please post it and ping me. I'd be interested in seeing
>it. I've made chocolate and butterscotch puddings from scratch and
>they were 100% better than anything from a box.

Here's the vanilla pudding I always make.

http://www.grouprecipes.com/20895/ho...g-pudding.html

You can slice a banana in it for banana pudding. I sometimes pour a
bit of maple syrup on top. You can even sprinkle it with sugar and
brule it.