Hi Georgia!!

My late Dad who was assisted by my late Mum, would make delicious winter puddings i.e. rice or bread & butter puddings & the golden syrup or lemon steamed puddings & apple crumble!! 

Tho! my favourite (not a baked pudding sorry) would be just simply...rhubarb picked from my fathers garden - which was just boiled/stewed & served with hot bubbly custard!!!! 

One time as a teenager tho...I was asked to keep an eye on the pot full of rhubarb & forgot....& so the rhubarb was burnt to the pot    ...hmm, I was in trouble that day 

Blackberry tart with custard. My mother made the best pastry.

williamszz wrote:

She used to make delicious rice custard, with a few different variations.

I have a wartime recipe for Rice Custard..........probably not as nice as your relly's, but tasted good at the time.

koukouvagia wrote:

My mother used to make the most amazing bougatsa!

That is too funny.. I just finished posting on a different forum about bougatsa and galaktobureko.
     I didn't have the fortune of growing up with these fantastic things, but my wife and I go out of our way occasionally to go to a greek bakery for them or make them ourselves .


My mom, didn't make a lot of sweets while we were growing up, but I always enjoyed her holiday baking.   Christmas was lemon cookies, and crescent cookies( this used a special type of ammonium bicarbonate that she had to buy at the pharmacy). Summer would be strawberry shortcake. Fall was pies for thanksgiving  . Apple and pumpkin.  (No minnie, it was not pumpkin tart)

Last edited by Ashen (Tue 31 Jan 12 11:25am)

cannyfradock wrote:

Koukouvagia

Tell us more....what is "bougatsa!"

Terry

It's yummy!  Basically it's a creamy custard that is placed in between sheets of phyllo dough or wrapped in phyllo dough.  It's most often eaten as a breakfast item but I'll eat it anytime.  Served warm and sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon.

http://kalofagas.blogspot.com/2008/11/bougatsa.html