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Dave Hounddriver Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Instant custard? I've always used the tins and made it the old fashioned way and its time consuming and tricky to get it right. What's the instant stuff like by comparison? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidK Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Bird's custard is actually very good. Difficult choice between putting that or ice cream on the wife's apple pie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) Means nothing to me, I found Vegemite in Dumaguete. Life is good. Just as an aside, since I've been with the AM (angry midget), I've reacquired a taste for spam and Peck's paste!! Both things I haven't tasted since my Irish heritage Australian childhood. Has anyone else found foodstuffs that they grew up with, but because Allied forces have spent significant time in PI are still readily available? You Poms and Aussies of UK/Irish extraction would appreciate this: Under the AM's mother's kitchen sink, there's a massive bowel of dripping... Dripping on white bread with pepper on top... Oh the memories as an after school snack. When we were feeling really fancy, crumpets with butter under the grill with cheese on top. When we visited the mad Irish grandmother, that would be topped off with blood sausage. Sheet, now I'm craving an instant heart attack! Sorry Kev, just a moment of nostalgia. Edited April 24, 2019 by BrettGC 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary D Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 We are getting ready for our upcoming trip to the Philippines. For starters about a dozen Christmas puddings and 20 tins of tinned custard. Hienz Tomato katchup and HP brown sauce, yes I know some of this stuff is available in the Philipinnes but when you find it it can be eye wateringly expensive. Also a set of good quality stainless steel sauce pans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Instant custard? I've always used the tins and made it the old fashioned way and its time consuming and tricky to get it right. What's the instant stuff like by comparison? Pretty much the same Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Gary D said: stuff is available in the Philipinnes but when you find it it can be eye wateringly expensive. Also a set of good quality stainless steel sauce pans. I made custard from scratch and it was pretty good with Apple pie. But when you add up the cost of the ingredients it comes out nearly the same as the sachets. I bought some stainless steel pots and pans in Ayala in May 2011 and they are still good. I also bought some Italian pans here in Dumaguete at lee Plaza Hypermart 1x8 inch 1x4inch and a nonstick frying pan for just over1kp and they are good. We get a lot of overruns here which are very good. I have some cutlery from Ikea and shirts from the UK (bought here) which are about 200p each. BTW they have Heinz beans for sale in Hypermart about 80p per can. Gary, you can get HP and Heinz ketchup nearly all the time here. Edited April 24, 2019 by sonjack2847 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 7 hours ago, BrettGC said: Means nothing to me, I found Vegemite in Dumaguete. Life is good. Just as an aside, since I've been with the AM (angry midget), I've reacquired a taste for spam and Peck's paste!! Both things I haven't tasted since my Irish heritage Australian childhood. Has anyone else found foodstuffs that they grew up with, but because Allied forces have spent significant time in PI are still readily available? You Poms and Aussies of UK/Irish extraction would appreciate this: Under the AM's mother's kitchen sink, there's a massive bowel of dripping... Dripping on white bread with pepper on top... Oh the memories as an after school snack. When we were feeling really fancy, crumpets with butter under the grill with cheese on top. When we visited the mad Irish grandmother, that would be topped off with blood sausage. Sheet, now I'm craving an instant heart attack! Sorry Kev, just a moment of nostalgia. Eat yer food yah little ..... Brett I can get Aussie blood sausage here and at a push dripping and crumpets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 Steve Wool just told me on FB that I could have gotten all that in Sainsbury`s UK for 238 peso, I was about to block him when he offered to send a BB with UK goodies in so we are best buddies again. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidK Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 Heresy. You put salt on dripping not pepper. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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