the.com/custard
the dessert that's basically a science experiment in seducing eggs into submission
means A sweet or savory dish thickened by gently cooking eggs with milk or cream until smooth and set.
from From Middle English 'crustade,' a pie with a crust — borrowed via Anglo-French from 'crouste,' meaning crust, itself from Latin 'crusta' (a hard shell or rind). Originally the word pointed to the pastry case, not the wobbly filling inside; over time the name slid off the crust and settled onto the creamy stuff it once merely contained.
- split risk
- Overheat it and you get sweet scrambled eggs
- navy ration
- Custard powder fed British sailors and schoolkids alike
- non-newtonian
- Cornflour custard hardens under pressure, flows when still
- egg invention
- Bird's powder was made for an egg-allergic wife
- royal roots
- Medieval crustade meant a baked tart with filling
for instance
boston cream pie — official dessert of massachusetts since 1856, filled with custard and topped with chocolate
flan — spanish and latin american custard tart with caramel sauce, served across spain since medieval times