This is a page devoted to our favourite dessert - Custard (spelt custard)

specifically Bird's custard - the best that money can buy.

Look, I've even coloured the page yellow!

 

 

Breweries once tried to make custard into an alcoholic drink. But failed when difficulties arose when pulling from the pump.

 

 

 

It was long thought that the powder, an essential ingredient in custard, was mined in the French Alps, but this was later proved incorrect.

Comments from famous people about custard:

"It won me leadership of the Labour Party." Tony Blair

"Saved by the skin of our custard." Apollo 13 crew

"No more custard? I'm outta here." Lord Lucan

Custard in the world of entertainment and arts.

Mellow Yellow    -    A song made famous by Donovan

Colour Me Yellow    -    A banana colouring book

I Am Curious Yellow    -    An Erotic Film

Yellow Submarine   -   The Royal Navy's dedication to custard

The Hills Are Alive, With The Smell Of Custard - Julie Andrews

Custard is even mentioned in  The Dictionary of DREAMS - Gustavus Hindman Miller

For a married woman to dream of making or eating custard, indicates she will be called upon to entertain an unexpected guest. A young woman will meet a stranger who will in time become a warm friend. If the custard has a sickening sweet taste, or is insipid, nothing but sorrow will intervene where you had expected a pleasant experience.

CUSTARD JOKES

There have even been jokes written about the dessert - a selection here from Christmas crackers.

If you know any others on the same theme - send `em in.

Q. Why did the custard cry?

A. Because it saw the apple crumble

Q. Why do elephants paint their feet yellow?

A. So that they can hide upside down in custard.

Q. What`s yellow and highly dangerous?

A. Shark infested custard.

Q. Have you ever seen elephants in a bowl of custard?

A. Well it must be working then.

Q. What do ghosts have for dessert?

A. Boo-berry pie and I scream.

and probably custard.

Q. What sits in the custard looking cross?

A. Apple grumble

And now a PICTURE of someone eating custard and some other related items.