We all love Mexican food! Well let me re-phrase that...we all enjoy American-Mexican food.
I don't remember having eaten much Mexican food, until I married almost 13 yrs ago.
When the perfect food - hamburger and french fries - is already around, why would I try something else?
I found this box of majarete (corn pudding) in the Mexican food aisle at the world food store. A cooked pudding, sprinkled with cinnamon, sounded and looked very delicious...at least that's what I was hoping. The pudding cost about $1.00.
The pudding was super easy to make - just add milk and cook until thickened. Dd took on this task cheerfully. I became a bit apprehensive when she said "this smells funny...I hope this is a sweet pudding."
Well being that the first ingredient was SUGAR, I'd say so. The rest of the ingredients are: cornstarch, cornmeal, salt, calcium carragheen, artificial flavor, artificial color.
The pudding took less than 10 minutes to make...I put a small portion in each bowl (thinking no one would be too crazy about it) and sprinkled them with cinnamon.
I don't remember having eaten much Mexican food, until I married almost 13 yrs ago.
When the perfect food - hamburger and french fries - is already around, why would I try something else?
I found this box of majarete (corn pudding) in the Mexican food aisle at the world food store. A cooked pudding, sprinkled with cinnamon, sounded and looked very delicious...at least that's what I was hoping. The pudding cost about $1.00.
The pudding was super easy to make - just add milk and cook until thickened. Dd took on this task cheerfully. I became a bit apprehensive when she said "this smells funny...I hope this is a sweet pudding."
Well being that the first ingredient was SUGAR, I'd say so. The rest of the ingredients are: cornstarch, cornmeal, salt, calcium carragheen, artificial flavor, artificial color.
The pudding took less than 10 minutes to make...I put a small portion in each bowl (thinking no one would be too crazy about it) and sprinkled them with cinnamon.
I tasted it, and didn't like it. It wasn't that it tasted nasty - just not what I was hoping it would taste like :) It tasted like cream-style canned corn put through a blender and made smooth-ish, with a generous helping of sugar added.
Ds didn't like it, "horrible - terrible - too much corn...actually it tasted like corn mashed up."
Dd said, "Yummy!!! Corny. It wasn't very sweet." She had two helpings.
If you'd like to try making your own majarete from scratch - here is a link to a recipe.
Ds didn't like it, "horrible - terrible - too much corn...actually it tasted like corn mashed up."
Dd said, "Yummy!!! Corny. It wasn't very sweet." She had two helpings.
If you'd like to try making your own majarete from scratch - here is a link to a recipe.
