Indian Pudding

     After an evening meal of Boston scrod I ordered another iconic item, Indian Pudding.  My server described it as "pumpkin pie without the crust."  And she was accurate in her assessment.  It has been termed as lumpy brown mush, unappetizing to the eye but incredibly pleasing to the palate.  It is loosely correlated to the British hasty pudding of colonial days, a baked custard made with milk, cornmeal, molasses and butter with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg added.

     I was so eager to sample it that I almost forgot to take a photograph.  Here's a half empty serving dish of my New England dessert: