This homemade banana pudding is a southern staple made with a rich and creamy custard , bananas and crisp Nilla wafers. I grew up eating this on Sundays when I was young and it was a great treat . Back then my mother made a classic Southern Banana Pudding with a beautiful meringue and we usually had it warm or at room temperature. So this is how I always made it until after Hurricane Delta and we were once again living the generator life. If you have never experienced living off generator power in your home it is basically like camping in your home . Generators generally aren’t powerful enough to run your entire home and only the essentials are powered up like the refrigerator , freezer and a small window unit. We have a gas stove but the oven is electric and we were all in need of comfort food so this is my “generator life” banana pudding. I didn’t have enough power to run a hand mixer to make a meringue or the oven to bake it so no I altered it. Turns out putting the whole egg in the pudding makes it rich and creamy.
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