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Default Custard Powder Equivalent?



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... ;-)
>
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Custard powder is flavoured cornflour/cornstarch. A vanilla pudding mix,
diluted a little in order to be pourable, would serve well.
> Jani in WA