custard
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views updated Jun 27 2018custard Sweet sauce, traditionally made by cooking milk with eggs; more commonly using custard powder (coloured and flavoured
cornflour) and milk; a 100‐g portion (sweetened) is a
source of calcium and vitamin B
2, and supplies 85 kcal (355 kJ). See also
caramel cream;
confectioner's custard.
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
custard
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views updated May 29 2018custard †open meat or fruit pie, thickened with eggs, etc. XV; dish or sweet made from eggs beaten up with milk XVII. In early recipes varying with †
custade, also †
crustarde — AN. *
crustade, f.
cruste, OF.
crouste CRUST; see
-ADE.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
custard
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views updated May 29 2018cus·tard / ˈkəstərd/ •
n. a dessert or sweet sauce made with milk, eggs, and sugar.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
