"Doug Weller" in message >
Arri London > wrote:
>
>>
>>Bird's custard, made according to package directions, will be fluid
>>(it's meant for pouring). It won't set solid like a baked custard.
>>Perhaps you aren't cooking the custard mix long enough to thicken
>>properly.
>
> Funny, I hadn't thought of that when I read the first post -- Stu, what
> are you expecting? Something to pour over apple pie, or something to put
> in a pastry case like an egg custard?
>
> Doug

When I was a child, my mother would make a pie that I loved - single-crust
pastry (baked), spread with raspberry jam and sliced bananas and covered
with a layer of extra-thick Bird's custard. The rest of the time, the
custard was poured over cooked fruit, or apple pie, or whatever.

Dora