Quote:Julian convinces his little brother, Huey, to taste a pudding made for their mother. Taste they do, that fabled pudding, which according to both mom and dad, tastes "like a whole raft of lemons, like a night on the sea." And they keep on tasting 'til the pudding is gone. The punishment leveled by their father - a "beating" and a "whipping" of a new pudding - is both tender and just. Cameron's creative use of language and the way she repeats key phrases, make each story memorable and a pleasure to read aloud.
This is a user quote from Amazon about a book called "The Stories That Julian Tells" by Ann Strugnell.
It is indeed a hoot to read to kids. My niece has wanted to make lemon pudding since then. So, we beat and whipped (I did really, she lost interest in 2 minutes) and blended and popped them in the oven.
The problem is that the pots of pudding aren't cooked through in the 45 minutes the directions told me they'd be needing. But, I tend to change recipes as I make them..... for instance this is more lemony and less sweet than the recipe calls for. I added more rind rather than lemon juice so as to keep the dry-wet levels even. I added less sugar but more flour for the same reasons. So, I'm guessing it's about something technical.
Instead of one pot set in a shallow tray with water, I have three pots set in two shallow trays of water. Would this change the cook time? I expected if it changed it'd change to needing less time because the pots were smaller than those called for in the recipe.
Could I have put too much water in the trays? Would that make a difference?
And how do I know what a 'set' center is?
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