If you call it "pouring custard," where are you from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Scotland and we called it custard.

Agree (also Scottish).

Custard -- warm, runny, served as a sauce over fruit or steamed pudding.

Custard can also be cold, thick and pudding-like, and served as a layer in a trifle or with caramel sauce on top. If I needed to distinguish the two, I'd go with custard vs set custard. I can easily interpret what "pouring custard" is supposed to mean, but would not use the term.

In my experience, these are not common terms in the US.

[Anonymous]

Would have called it creme anglaise before. Now that I've watched Great British Bake Off, I know people also call it pouring custard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have *only* ever heard or used the term 'crème Anglaise.'

+1
And I grew up in an unpretentious Midwest suburb. Thanks to the Martha Stewart show, I guess.

Same.

I think I got it from Barefoot Contessa who recommended just letting vanilla ice cream melt and pour it over a dessert as custard, still calling it crème Anglaise, a fancy name for a pretty low brow sauce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am apparently very uneducated; I've never heard of either.

same here

[Anonymous]

I’m from DC. I’ve heard Crème Anglaise, custard, custard sauce, and pouring custard. I would say if that’s what a recipe called it. “Custard” for set custard, and “custard sauce” . I’d only say “pouring custard” if something was unclear.

- “Did you make custard for the bread pudding?”
- “Do you mean custard? Or custard sauce — like pouring custard?”

[Anonymous]

I think I’ve heard it in the South? My in-laws drink custard instead of eggnog during the holidays. They sell bottles of drinkable custard in the stores there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I’ve heard it in the South? My in-laws drink custard instead of eggnog during the holidays. They sell bottles of drinkable custard in the stores there.

+1. My family calls it “boiled custard”, but I’ve also heard it called “drinking custard.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have *only* ever heard or used the term 'crème Anglaise.'

+1
And I grew up in an unpretentious Midwest suburb. Thanks to the Martha Stewart show, I guess.

Ditto and all of the baking and cooking shows I watch call it crème anglaise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have *only* ever heard or used the term 'crème Anglaise.'

Same. And I grew up in small town Midwest.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I’ve heard it in the South? My in-laws drink custard instead of eggnog during the holidays. They sell bottles of drinkable custard in the stores there.

They sell it here too. I get it every year for Christmas from Whole Foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard the phrase "pouring custard" ever in my life. Heard "creme anglais" many, many times. He's just an idiot.

I have never heard of either! (and think I am decently well travelled / eat out with regularity).

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard “pouring custard” before - but reading Hax and a few responses here helped me understand. Pouring is an adjective, not a verb. “Pouring custard” is a type of topping like “hard sauce” or “butterscotch” or “fruit compote”.

I’d argue that anyone who routinely serves dishes with a separate topping like crème Anglaise is putting on airs. However, if you were served pouring custard at my home I would also call it Crème Anglaise because that’s either what the package from Whole Foods called it or the name of the NYT recipe I used.

[Anonymous]

The notion that serving something with custard is putting on airs is making me chuckle.

It's a cheap alternative to cream. Made with a powder that comes from a tin.

[Anonymous]

I'm from DC. I've heard the term crème Anglaise, but not pouring custard. I don't really know what they are, though. Lol.