{"id":28,"date":"2008-01-08T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/hankerin-for-naners.html"},"modified":"2008-01-08T21:34:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T21:34:00","slug":"hankerin-for-naners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/hankerin-for-naners.html","title":{"rendered":"Hankerin’ for Naners"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was straightening out my pantry this morning and came across a semi-old box of Nilla Wafers in the back of the snack section. (Yes, I have sections, but that’s for another post). I tasted a couple and they seem okay. Not super-crispy, but definitely not stale.<\/p>\n

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So I thought of how I could use them up…the first choice, of course, is to put them in the boys’ lunch boxes every day between now and next week.<\/div>\n
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But then…I was reminded of a homestyle southern style restaurant I went to for lunch in Warner-Robins, GA last month.   Called Owens Boarding House<\/a>, it’s an old fashioned soul food joint.  Dessert that day was banana pudding — the REAL banana pudding, custard-style vanilla pudding, meriangue on top, etc.<\/div>\n
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So that’s what I set out to do. If you rip open the cardboard Nilla Wafers box, the recipe is on the inside of the back panel (I believe it’s ALWAYS printed there — in English AND Spanish). But it’s also here if you’re interested<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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I didn’t have enough cookies for the garnish, but I think the meriengue will be pretty enough.<\/div>\n
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I don’t have a double boiler, but I have a great set of stainless mixing bowls that can be popped on top of a pot of boiling water that works just as well.<\/div>\n
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It’s in the oven right now, and so far so good. This might be my first successful cooking blog post!! Whoo hoo!<\/div>\n
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PS: Tonight’s original dessert option was going to be a 7-Layer Jello<\/a> (courtesy of Paul G.), but I didn’t have enough Knox gelatin in the house. You need 1 1\/2 boxes (6 packets).<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>PPS: I know I butchered the name of the light, whipped white layer at the top of the dessert. Merangue? Meriengue? Meringue? Perhaps that last one! Yes, that’s the one I’ll use.<\/div>\n
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<— PPPS: It’s done! Isn’t it yummy-looking! To bad there isn’t scratch-n-sniff blogging here.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was straightening out my pantry this morning and came across a semi-old box of Nilla Wafers in the back of the snack section. (Yes, I have sections, but that’s for another post). I tasted a couple and they seem okay. Not super-crispy, but definitely not stale. 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