I went through a li'l rice pudding phase a few years ago. It was before Covid, when I was getting frequent takeout meals from Stew Leonard's. They always had rice pudding in their salad & dessert section, and I always filled a container with it and added a lot of raisins. After the pandemic they cut that whole takeout area down to a fraction of its former size, and frankly, I don't even know what the offerings are any more because the new prices are ridiculous. Last time I looked they were charging ten bucks a pound, or more, for whatever you'd take. I can remember a couple of decades ago when it was - I kid you not - three dollars. It was three dollars for quite a while, and when they first opened the department, they ran it at $2.49/lb initially. Ah, the old days.
