A New Look!

I chose this particular template because it reminded me of being a little girl :) I loved Pixie Stix!
They were just one of my favorite buys at Gus Mandros' store on Lemon Street.
I still love that store.
This was back in the day....I could actually walk to the store in the early evening or anytime of the day, actually, and not fear strangers.
Gus, Athena and the family were like extended family.
I have memories of my best friend's Italian grandmother's house on a Saturday morning. I believe it was bread baking day on Saturdays. I can still remember the wonderful aroma of hand-kneaded and home-made Italian bread filling the kitchen of her Lemon Street home.
Good times :)
And I figured, I give part of myself to my blogs. I take them seriously and they aren't meaningless no matter what the subject. I spend my time, offer my thoughts, memories and emotion to the blogs. They need to reflect me. And they need to be taken care of. Hence, the Pixie Stix!
Besides, this template is just FUN!

Nanny's Cracker Pudding

This cracker pudding is incredible! Sweet, creamy with a little bit of the cracker lumps...Just what I needed after a long, hard day at ........ school! :)

Nanny's Cracker Pudding

1 quart milk
2 eggs
Scant 1/2 cup sugar
Vanilla to taste
1 cup Ritz crackers
Baker angel flake coconut (short kind)

Heat milk but don't scald or burn. Add sugar and dissolve. Crush crackers and add to the milk.
Turn off the heat under the milk. Take a small amount and slowly beat into the eggs, making sure the pudding base is cooled a bit.
Once its well mixed, put it back into the pudding base and cook a bit longer.
Add the coconut, stir.