Little Malice wrote:
> Last month, Peter Lucas started the "Photos: High apple pie in the
> making" thread; here's a link to the .jpg he posted of the recipe:
>
> http://home.avvanta.com/~dragon/highapplepie.jpg
>
> So here's my question -- is there a U.S. equivalent for this product?
> I see that Jello has a "Pudding Americana Egg Custard Mix":
>
> http://www.kraftfoods.com/jello/prod...r/egg-custard/
>
> But they don't show an ingredients list. Anyone have experience
> with both products and are they comparable? Or, if I have to order
> online, is Bird's as good as Foster Clark's, which is called for
> in the recipe? Amazon has Bird's and they're closer. Thanks in
> advance for any (uselful) advice... ;-)
>


I missed Peter's recipe, but can tell you that if you want
tasty custard,
Bird's doesn't do it. The one time I made it I was so
disappointed,
expecting it to taste like Mom's homemade, eggy and rich.

It was nothing but sweetened cornstarch pudding. Ick.

gloria p