CUSTARD

custard

(noun) sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Custard (plural Custards)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Custard is the 21092nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1245 individuals. Custard is most common among White (61.69%) and Black/African American (29.64%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)

A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert.

Holonyms

• trifle

Source: Wiktionary


Cus"tard (ks"trd), n. Etym: [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.]

Definition: A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp.

– Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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