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ryushin... yeah I posted about scratch pudding. But only because the cooked mixes are HARDER to cook than scratch. With cooked pudding mixes you have to endlessly stir to prevent sticking, and carefully use gentle heat. It sucks!

Someone could make a pudding mix where the starch was separate from the sugar/flavoring. But until then, from scratch is much quicker and easier than any cooked pudding mix.

No reason for pudding mixes to have anything artificial, it's just sugar, flavor (coca powder for chocolate) and starch. They do need a modified food starch for instant pudding so that it sets up without heating (I don't think any natural starches have that characteristic).

The cookies and cream flavor is pretty darn tasty, but the cookies get really soggy after about a day in the fridge. They also have a chocolate flavor with either butterscotch or toffee flavored chips, but that one fell flat for me. It pretty much tasted of only chocolate.

Not sure where else to suggest this, but my vote for next Mixed Review (if there is any voting to be had) is for Trader Joe's new Beer Bread Mix. It's pretty darn good for a mix, especially with excellent beer. :)

But I'd also love to wrap myself around anything on this page: http://bit.ly/aurwd

I'm one of those people who enjoys ranch on almost anything!!!!!! it's just one of those condiments that gets along with amost everyone (savoury I may add)

I'm not as crazy as some of you guys; so here's mine:
- cucumber + camembert sandwiches,
- sauerkraut perogies baked with chili and topped with cheddar
- plain mcchicken with their 'nugget mustard sauce'
- pizza sauce, green onion and canned shrimp baked with cheese on a honey-bun

@zerogirl: wow. thats.....interesting! do you make your own redcurrant jelly?
@FeedingFive: that burger sounds right up my hangover alley! I'll have to try that one iwth heavy heavy mayo
@carolow: PB + mayo sounds strange; but when I was young I would eat PB + cheesewhiz (when the rents werent' looking!) haha

@tinat-- I used to love Cheetos and miracle whip when I was a kid, so Brie and Cheetos sounds right up my alley!

My dad loves peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. Sounds really gross, but not too bad. I just don't prefer them.

As for grilled cheese sandwiches, I like to dip mine in ketchup. Yum!

Fried egg sandwich slathered with yellow mustard - this from a guy who is SO picky you cannot use a herb or any kind of spice on any of his food, and canned vegetables only with his meat and potatoes - go figure!

I think most college campuses have a sandwich shop that specializes in these kind of things. The one time I had one, there were boneless wings, french fries, and some other stuff I can't remember. I was not impressed, and I am the queen of combining strange foods. I made a beef jerky and chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich once.

I used to work at a bagel place, and one of the dishwashers would always eat a bacon egg and cheese on a cinnamon raisin bagel with mayo and grape jelly. Yuck.

@ pjracz - nothing better than a leftover sandwich!! its my favorite part of thanksgiving lol

also my mom eats PB & J with pringles .... as in on the sandwich not on the side. she loves the crunch effect lol

Grape jelly with turkey and gravy. When I was a kid my mother's whole cranberry sauce was too tart for me, so I tried grape jelly, which was great. I now use an assortment of jellies and jams with foods they don't typically go with. The grape jelly mixed with gravy and potato turned the whole mess into an extremely unappetizing gray, which totally grossed out my family and ensured that I'd keep doing it.

Peanut Butter and cheddar cheese on a King's Hawaiian roll

Peanut Butter and Bacos or potato chips on 9-grain toast

cream cheese, jalapenos and roast beef (I recently read cream cheese and jalapenos is a favorite burger topping at a Colorado restaurant)

@DELICIOUS that actually sounds really good, wonder how bacon would work with it?

I like to make a heaping mess with leftover holiday foods. Start with the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatos, corn, all the other veg's I like and massive gravy, put into pan, heat stirring everything up. Meanwhile split the rolls slather with mayo, cheddar and heat just to melt cheese, put on plate and pile that slop all over the rolls and top with cranberry sauce. Serve with leftover yams on the side. Another is a cold cheese sandwich with sweet cuc pickles and reg flavored potato chips inside.