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Mattycee Dec 24th 2014 12:21 am

Custard.. Oh you beautiful yellow pudding
 
So I have been craving English food recently so I went on the hunt to find something similar here in the usa... I found nothing... Well I googled British food and something came up on google in my area so I called them and they had a small foreign section. I immediately drove there and to my amazement they had birds custard powder.... I just made some and I am so full I feel sick... So worth it though. I forgot how good it is.

TheTokenBrit Dec 24th 2014 12:33 am

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This happens to me quite a lot. I usually don't eat the custard by itself though, usually I make it to put in a trifle! :lol:

Pulaski Dec 24th 2014 12:35 am

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Surely you didn't eat it on its own? :unsure: I love Custard, but it needs a pie or sponge pudding. :nod:

All I have ever found is "a small British section", which included Birds Custard, and very small jars of Vegemite for $10! After almost thirteen years here I decided to splurge on my first "British"* grocery purchase. :o

* Vegemite was as close as I was going to get, and I had taken a detour on the way home just to buy some Marmite.

Hotscot Dec 24th 2014 1:15 am

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Custard and Treacle Pudding...mmm

(I guess I can lose weight in the New Year.)

nun Dec 24th 2014 2:21 am

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Eggs, sugar, half and half....a bit of vanilla......presto, custard.

Pulaski Dec 24th 2014 3:05 am

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Originally Posted by nun (Post 11511886)
Eggs, sugar, half and half....a bit of vanilla......presto, custard.

You forgot the "time" and the "patience". :rolleyes:

thinbrit Dec 24th 2014 12:40 pm

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Originally Posted by nun (Post 11511886)
Eggs, sugar, half and half....a bit of vanilla......presto, custard.

Custard, yes, but not Birds custard.

Sugar, Modified Starch, Whey Powder, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Cream Powder, Milk Proteins, Thickeners (Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Carrageenan), Flavourings, Colours (Beta Carotene, Annatto)
:eek:

BubbleChog Dec 24th 2014 12:45 pm

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11511905)
You forgot the "time" and the "patience". :rolleyes:

My local Kroger usually has Ambrosia Devon Custard in a tin. That takes even less time and patience than Custard powder. Which I have never trusted since I was very young and discovered it was pink in the tin but yellow once you make it. Clearly some kind of Devil pudding
Lx

Pulaski Dec 24th 2014 12:49 pm

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Originally Posted by BubbleChog (Post 11512231)
..... Custard powder. Which I have never trusted since I was very young and discovered it was pink in the tin but yellow once you make it. Clearly some kind of Devil pudding. .....

Oh, but it tastes so good! :wub:

nun Dec 24th 2014 1:15 pm

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Originally Posted by thinbrit (Post 11512227)
Custard, yes, but not Birds custard.

Sugar, Modified Starch, Whey Powder, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Cream Powder, Milk Proteins, Thickeners (Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Carrageenan), Flavourings, Colours (Beta Carotene, Annatto)
:eek:

Well they almost all have their equivalents in "real custard"......and I thought someone was going to call me on not using corn starch.

Real custard only takes 10 mins to make, just warm the milk and then you have to temper the eggs and sugar, add the vanilla and gently heat until it thickens. It tastes better then Birds IMHO

quiltman Dec 24th 2014 1:29 pm

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STOP IT! Have never found Birds Custard here in the Philippines and you lot have just made me drool over my T shirt!

Happy Christmas one and all on BE.:thumbup:

Nutek Dec 24th 2014 3:17 pm

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http://annualreport2010.premierfoods...icepudding.jpg

Serving suggestion.

Open can
Use spoon

Serves one

Sally Redux Dec 24th 2014 4:12 pm

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Birds v. Homemade custard - the evergreen BE argument.

Pulaski Dec 24th 2014 4:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 11512358)
Birds v. Homemade custard - one of the evergreen BE arguments.

FIFY :)

Hotscot Dec 24th 2014 4:30 pm

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Well...it is important.
Crucially so.


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