solidified pudding

since ice cream is apparently bad for you, i've somewhat resorted to pudding. it's not a perfect trade by any means, but when i want something for dessert, it is better than nothing. the last time i went shopping, pudding was on sale (the ROUNDY'S kind) so i bought a ton, chocolate and vanilla. a few nights ago, i made vanilla... well i tried. i bought a whisk the first time i made pudding because the fork was not cutting it, but the whisk did not grind the mix into the milk, so my pudding was chunky and runny- NOT A GOOD COMBINATION.

tonight i decided to try the pudding with some strawberries. i took out the sloshy pudding. it looked like chunky old milk. i washed the strawberries and placed them in the pudding. as i forked each strawberry, the pudding dripped off the side as water falls off an apple. it tasted like shit and looked like shit. after i finished my strawberry, i decided to try again. i threw away the vanilla pudding. down the drain and out of sight. and of course, it went straight down. i guess that's a benefit of having liquid pudding... i took out the chocolate, hoping that trying the other kind would somehow make a difference in the state of my food.

i poured my 2 cups of milk into the bowl and emptied the packed on top. i pulled out the electric mixer from 1960 and began mixing. i put it on high, and while it was mixing, i read the side of the box. "when using an electric mixer, do not put on higher than the lowest setting" i changed the setting, and after 2 minutes, i took out the mixer and allowed the pudding to 'set'. i watched QVC television (really quite entertaining... probably better not to watch it all the time though. they are pretty convincing. i'd spend ALL my money- no joke.) until the 5ish minutes were up. i walked into the kitchen and looked down at my pudding.

it had bubbles on top of it. BOO!!! i had almost lost all hope, when i grabbed the spoon and placed it on top. it had jellified!! wahoo. my pudding was great! and not a liquid. i had succeed and it was only my second try. i am becoming a better cook every day!! maybe someday i'll stray away from instant pudding and try something a little more complex, although that'd probably take me more than two tries to truly master.