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custard

[kuhs-terd]

noun

  1. a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen.



custard

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. a baked sweetened mixture of eggs and milk

  2. a sauce made of milk and sugar and thickened with cornflour

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of custard1

1400–50; late Middle English, metathetic variant of earlier crustade kind of pie. See crust, -ade 1; compare Provençal croustado
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of custard1

C15: alteration of Middle English crustade kind of pie, probably from Old Provençal croustado, from crosta crust
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He said they even had to make bread out of custard powder, because they'd run out of flour.

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Johnson said the wall safe was where the tins of custard creams were stored.

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“I filled in those holes through volunteering, through being an actor, through golf, bridge,” he said over a lunch of meatloaf and custard pie.

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"We had tapioca, semolina, treacle sponge pudding, as well as jam roly-poly, cake with icing and sprinkles, chocolate cake and pink custard, and more."

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The same goes for frozen meals, casseroles, soups, stews and cakes, pies and pastries with custard or cheese fillings.

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