I recently indulged in a homemade banana pudding that might have spoiled me for any version of the Nilla wafer confection made with a Jell-O brand instant product. A sultry marriage of rich, satiny homemade custard, frothy whipped cream and crisp cookies kissed with edges of perfect sogginess...ah, I could wax on about the sublime texture of that dessert.
But what really intrigued me was its name: Eloise's Simply Delicious Lyman's Favorite Banana Pudding.
The grandmother of a lifelong friend, Eloise is responsible for many of my happiest taste memories—from banana pudding to pea soup—all of which share the prefix "Eloise's Simply Delicious."
After realizing that she often discovered recipes, tested and perfected them and lent them out, never receiving credit for her formulas, Eloise began to brand them. Hence Eloise's Simply Delicious Lyman's Favorite Banana Pudding, created for her beloved husband, Lyman.
It's unclear whether Eloise has an alternate recipe for a Simply Delicious banana pudding that was not Lyman's Favorite (Eloise's Simply Delicious Lyman's Second-Favorite Banana Pudding?), but, knowing Eloise, if she did have multiple recipes, none of them called for instant pudding. Eloise's Simply Delicious is a very different thing from "simple."
The recipe for Eloise's Simply Delicious Lyman's Banana Pudding is after the jump.
