CLORA’s "COOKINGWITHMAVIS " #9
“ Clora’s” ‘Mavis…and,uh..uhhh…don’t forget the rice pudding!
It all started with Clora nicknaming me“Mavis”….. and FYI, Clora isn't “ Clora”…and I’m not“Mavis” !
Clora-and-I work as colleagues in a smallish environment…each rely on the other for survival! ….She’s our advertising and graphics department ….
I need her to get those bloomin’ adverts into the weekend newspaper so that “my properties ” - those that I am currently marketing, get the utmost exposure…while she…if the likes of me were not to earn the bucks ( gosh! Did I say that?.....as a South African , I HATE that terminology!)…...so?...okay, the “rands “/ the “moola” / the “gelt”! ) which in turn , helps toward her salary.
Clora works under sss-t-RRRRRRRRRRRRR-e-sssssssssss – always clawing against strict newspaper deadlines.
I’m the Company ‘Prima Donna’ ...or so I’m led to believe…I sometimes have the(occasional ) hissyfit .. and SHE-CALLS-ME- “MAVIS” !
And ‘‘SHE’’ ? … ‘‘SHE’’ is a feisty almost forty-something filly, flaunting her newly- attached hair extensions (sometimes real hair…sometimes…not !), Mocha-skinned and beautifully foul-mouthed! Hence, she just is “Clora ”!
What better?...
QUOI D'autre? (What else?)…. than to call my Blog “COOKINGWITHMAVIS” !
Thanks Clora!
And so to recipes….
Rice pudding :
Oh what’s the matter with Mary-Jane?
She hasn’t a headache………
She hasn’t a pain…oh…..
…WHAT’S the matter with Mary-Jane?
It’s d-a-r-n ricepudding for dinner AGAIN !
I tin condensed milk
1 tin Ideal milk(“Evaporated”) milk (or alternative : tin of coconut milk )
3 whole jumbo size eggs all whisked together
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 ½ cups COOKED BASMATI / or JASMINE rice (you might prefer an extra ½ cup cooked rice)
…definitely NO cinnamon!..NO nutmeg!...this would detract from the pleasurable flavours already there……
METHOD:
In a bowl: - easy to use a hand whisk!
Whisk condensed milk and “Evapourated” milk
Add eggs one at a time, and beat till integrated
Add vanilla
Grease an ovenware dish and add cooked rice to dish
Pour egg / liquid into the dish, over cooked rice, and bake in a bain marie (an oven pan filled with water 1/3 up the sides of the dish) @150 degrees C for 1 hr
...or do individual puds in greased, small ramekin dishes - 20 mins!
*NOTE….’cookingwithmavis’ likes the pudding slightly wobbly and softish in the middle, ….some like it dry and very firm (...bake a little longer +- 15 mins extra)
…..and’some like it HOT !’
My Bro’ likes it the next day - out the fridge, chilled !
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