The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and vanilla custard fun facts. Because of this, as we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we just did not know.

We have decided when these fun facts pop up, that we would share them with our readers in our section titled “Did You Know?”

For today’s Did You Know we will look at Vanilla Custard Fun Facts

Vanilla Custard Fun Facts. Vanilla custard has been around since the Middle Ages, and was traditionally used as a pie filling. (A very simple custard tart was a popular dessert during that time period.)

  • Although the ingredient components are simple enough, the preparation requires some precision. Custards must only undergo gentle heat to avoid curdling. Using a thermometer can help avoid this, provided that the custard is removed from heat when it reaches 170 degrees.
  • Mixtures of milk and eggs thickened by heat have long been part of French cuisine. Custards baked in pastry (custard tarts) were very popular in the Middle Ages.
  • Today, custard is an important component in many dessert recipes including éclairs, trifle, and Boston cream pie.
  • Vanilla Custard also can be called by many names including crème pâtissière, stirred custard, boiled custard, soft custard, light custard or creme anglaise and even flan.

Key Date

  • August 17th is National Vanilla Custard Day.

Fun Facts We Missed

Let us know if we may have missed any vanilla custard fun facts in the comment section or our food truck forum. If we can verify that the fact we will give the reader credit in the article.

Reference: Wikipedia: Fun Facts about custard.

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