There are two foods Southerners are powerfully passionate about: barbecue and banana pudding. I’ve eaten the banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery and it is, well, abysmal. (To be fair, which I just hate, the story was primarily promoting the “power of instant pudding mix.” I’ve certainly tossed a box of pudding mix into a cake mix for loft and flavor so I’m not a complete snob.) But banana pudding? Not only do they use instant pudding mix but also a can of sweetened condensed milk.

Source: New York Times February 25, 2023 18:38 UTC