No Cuss-Words but lots of Custard (Birds's Custard powder)

Member Name: JJJJ

Product:	Birds's Custard powder
Date:	31/10/09 (144 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fairly easy to make, tastes goood

Disadvantages: None really

Custard - we all love the stuff... don't we? Actually, I used to dislike it with a passion. I think my hatred came from years of school dinners which included a lumpy excuse for the normally tasty yellow stuff as an accompaniment to some equally tasteless apple pie. It took me a while to realise that custard actually wasn't that bad, and I soon noticed that it doesn't by nature have to have lumpy bits in it.

As far as custard brands go, 'Birds' has to be the nation's favourite, and out of all the custard products sold in the UK - 45% is produced by Bird's - that's a pretty big share of the market.

Price & Availability
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You can currently buy the 300g tub of custard powder for 77p in all the supermarkets. I've also seen the powder for sale in corner shops and some newsagents - so it's a widely stocked commodity.

Ingredients
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Bird's custard contains;
Corn Flour, Salt, Colour (Annatto), and Flavouring - that's it, there are no hidden nasty ingredients or dodgy e-numbers.

Cooking Instructions
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Although making your own custard can be a little time consuming, it's a fairly easy preparation process;
Put two tablespoons of custard and one tablespoon of sugar in a bowl. Then mix it with two tablespoons of milk taken from a pint. Heat the remaining milk until near boiling point and then pour on the custard mix. Finally bring to the boil over a gentle heat whilst continually stirring - easy!

Taste & Appearance
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The flavour of the custard is really delicious, and in my opinion, the only decent accompaniment to some tasty apple or rhubarb crumble. I have tried other custard brands in the past, but Bird's to me always tastes the best.

The good thing about buying the custard in powder form is the fact that it seems to last for ages - certainly a lot longer than the pre-made custard which generally costs more and has to be used straight away once opened - therefore, for economy purposes, powder is the way to go.

All in all, I would highly recommend Bird's custard powder as a tasty and easy to prepare delicacy - could do with some now actually :)

Summary: Yellow goodness