#so I'm just going to mix up a full sized batch myself. I've got enough polish that I can make it happen. I think.

[sergle]

i'm mixing up a bottle of polish bc i have half a bottle of a beige shade I really hate-- and I really want to make... a dupe... for the nail color of that oc in the tom cardy vids. val I think. with buttons.

this is what I'm working with rn

#neutrals like this are so hard ACTUALLY. like... #you can drive yourself into your grave trying to find a reeeeeeaaally specific shade. of like. greige. warm purpleish leaning greige. #is what i'd call this shade. #sergle.txt #so I'm just going to mix up a full sized batch myself. I've got enough polish that I can make it happen. I think.

[clatterbane]

Banana pudding assembly time! 😎

I've been craving some for a while, and finally thought to get some bananas to make it with. (Not to mention a couple of good old peanut butter and banana sandwiches!) Those started growing spots overnight in this warm spring weather, and are a little past their prime to my own weirdo taste. But, they should still work fine in here!

I'm also needing to substitute some Maria biscuits for the vanilla wafers. Haven't tried that before, but it will hopefully work OK. They are very basic, fairly neutral light vanilla-ish cookies which do get used a lot elsewhere in very similar ways to graham crackers or the vanilla wafers.

That is some homemade pudding I stirred up last night, and left to chill in the meantime.

I totally would have used a pudding mix if you could find vanilla here. (Though, full sugar instant chocolate pudding is a thing here! Along with some vaguely moussey lemon stuff and several fruity just plain mousse flavors which should be good for some other desserts. We actually have unopened boxes of chocolate and lemon in the cabinet now.) Thinner vanilla custards are way more popular here. Plus, I wanted to use at least part Splenda to make the whole thing slightly less of a carb bomb. So, I cooked up something hopefully suitable.

Ended up subbing in some rice flour, since Mr. C forgot to buy cornstarch (double the volume of starch called for). And I used a cup of almond and coconut milk along with the dairy stuff, since we had an open carton in the fridge and it sounded good with bananas. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As you can see here, the texture didn't turn out as silky smooth as with cornstarch, which wasn't a huge surprise. That was fine rice flour meant for baking, so it didn't turn out quite like ground rice pudding either--sort of halfway in between. Next time I would also sweeten it less, but the texture and flavor actually turned out pretty good! May have to try that basic approach for some other flavors of puddings.

Pudding construction underway, in a potato salad tub! 😅

Which looked like a decent size and shape for the purpose, since we really don't need a huge dish o' pudding right now. And I was never a fan of the texture of the classic soft meringue on top, so no need for anything oven proof. Whipped cream is more my jam, in general.

I ended up filling in some of the gaps with broken cookie bits, but 6 fit pretty nicely per layer. Got 3 layers out of it (2 of banana), starting with cookies on the bottom.

Oh no, it's more of my awesome food presentation! 😁

I figured there might be some vanilla pudding left at the end, but nope! Looks like I guesstimated what size batch we might need pretty well--infamously bad as I can be at judging amounts. (MORE. If in any doubt whatever, just make more. 😅) Still a little cook's reward left in the bowl, at least.

One slight misjudgment, however: I forgot that the lid to that bowl fits a little down in, flush with the rim. Even some further aggressive dish tapping on the table wouldn't settle the level down quite enough not to smoosh the lid down into the gloopy pudding surface.

But, there are temporary workarounds! Once it does have a chance to settle and we scoop some out, the lid should hopefully go on fine.

The dish is now stashed in the fridge to sit and meld/soften up. I got it put together later today than I meant to, so it will probably need to wait for tomorrow. 😩 Likely a better plan, but sort of disappointing anyway.

Though, that should also give him a chance to pick up some spray cream for ease. (Forgotten along with the cornstarch. I was sorry I couldn't get out shopping myself, tbh.)

As it is, we do have that plain whipping cream that he was planning to use for something else, but no electrified means of whipping it yet. So, he'd need to wield the whisk to spare my wonky shoulder. Probably much better to pick up a handy can of the stuff tomorrow. Along with some more coffee to drink with it. 😅

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