Grandpa’s Snotball Pudding

For this post, I must start with a story.  This story was from my Grandpa B, who had the best stories!  My Grandpa grew up in a Lutheran orphanage.  He was raised there because his mother and many brothers and sisters died from tuberculosis.  This left his fifty-year-old father alone with a four-year-old little boy.  My great grandpa didn’t feel up to the task of raising this child without the help of his beloved wife, Josephine, so he shipped my Grandpa off to the local orphanage.

Grandpa B grew up during the World War One.  As it was wartime, eggs and sugar were in short supply.  Therefore, what came about from the attempts to make tapioca pudding, was grey and lumpy.  The boys of the orphanage dubbed this mixture “Snotball Pudding.”

I wanted to make some “Snotball Pudding” to bring to game night.  This is what I used:

1, 8 oz. box of tapioca pearls

6 eggs, separated

12 cups of milk

1 1/2 cups natural cane sugar, separated

3/4 cup vanilla

Whip up the eggs white and when they are fluffy, slowly add 1 cup of the sugar and beat until soft peaks form. 

In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir milk, eggs, the remainder of the sugar, until it comes to a rolling boil.  This simply means that it doesn’t stop boiling when you stir it!  Remove the saucepan from the heat. 

Stir in the vanilla (I actually forgot this this time, but it was still very delicious!) Gently stir in egg white mixture.  Serve warm or chilled.

Note: This is a huge recipe, which with game night and Child #3, we managed to finish in less than 24 hours!!!  Just be forewarned, that you will get a lot of pudding from this recipe.  It’s wonderful, but it’s a lot!  Enjoy!