Thursday Thirteen--Happy Chocolate Pudding Day!
Mike's basic recipe: 2 cups milk 1 cup sugar 3 Tablespoons cornstarch 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate. splash of vanilla. Whisk this together--well, you can't whisk in the chunks of unmelted chocolate, but you get the idea. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium to medium high heat. This will take several years--or it'll feel that way. Don't stop stirring and don't turn the heat too high. Once it starts making volcanic blopping bubbles, turn down the heat and cook (stirring! never stop stirring!) for another minute. Eat hot or cold or warm the way it is or with one/some of the THIRTEEN VARIATIONS. 1. chocolate chips sprinkled on top . They melt a bit. Yum. 2. a couple of teaspoons of butter added after you take stuff off heat. Stir it in. I don't think it adds enough to be worth the extra calories, but some people like it a lot. 3. A couple of teaspoons of Kahlua 4. Or a tinge of mint (I say bleh , but some people like it.) 5. Grand Marnier 6. use a tad less...