Tennessee

"This recipe is from the Presley Family Cookbook." It's by Elvis' uncle and his cook Nancy Rooks.  I thought you  might be interested to know that in it is the recipe of the last meal Elvis ate.  It was a meatball and spaghetti dinner. Also Elvis' favorite sandwich was peanut butter and banana..."

"I started collecting recipes and cookbooks when I was 8 yeras old, and now I am 61 and still collecting.  I currently have 344 cookbooks and boxes and boxes of recipes clipped from paper and magazines, plus I recently inherited all of my mother's handwritten recipes from 1899-2002."

Lemon Blueberry Bliss

Submitted by:  Gladys Denning
From:  Old Hickory, TN

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar           1/2 cup butter, softened            2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
3 cups cooked medium grain rice          2/3 cup fresh lemon juice             2/3 cup whipping cream
1 Tbsp. finely grated lemon zest          1 cup fresh blueberries

Instructions:
Combine sugar, eggs, egg yolks, lemon juice and lemon zest in a 2 quart saucepan.  Cook over medium-low heat until thick and creamy (8 to 10 minutes), stirring constantly.  Remove from heat; stir in butter and rice.  Cool. Fold in 1 cup whipping cream.  Alternate layers of blueberries and rice pudding in parfait glasses.  Garnish with whipped cream and blueberries.

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