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custardiness

custardiness noun: the quality of being custardy.

Noun

custardiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being custardy.
    • The classic “three milks” from the title are sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk; I’ve replaced the first with cajeta (the goat-milk caramel so famous in Mexico), the last with heavy cream (to give it a little more custardiness).1996, Rick Bayless with Deann Groen Bayless and Jean Marie Brownson, “Celebration Cake: Pastel de Tres Leches”, in “Desserts”, in Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a...
    • These scrumptious little cakes, which have a sweet, comforting custardiness to them, were one of my favorite discoveries in working on this book. […] What liquid do you scramble your eggs with? Milk or plain soy milk gives a creamy custardiness, water makes it eggier, but carbonated water gives a...2002 October, Crescent Dragonwagon, Passionate Vegetarian: More Than 1,000 Robust Recipes with Notes on Cooking, Eating, Loving, and Living Fearlessly, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing Company...

Examples of custardiness in a sentence

  • These scrumptious little cakes, which have a sweet, comforting custardiness to them, were one of my favorite discoveries in working on this book. […] What liquid do you scramble your eggs with?2002 October, Crescent Dragonwagon, Passionate Vegetarian: More Than 1,000 Robust Recipes with Notes on Cooking, Eating, Loving, and Living...
  • A plump, medium-bodied Chardonnay with a trace of custardiness to its texture, this wine speaks of its origins, marrying ripe pear fruit with toasted nuts and mineral notes.2005 November 15, Joe Czerwinski, “Domaine Vincent Sauvestre 2003 Chardonnay (Bourgogne) $11”, in “France”, in Wine Enthusiast Magazine...

Origin of custardiness

From custardy + -ness.

Questions about custardiness

What does custardiness mean?
Custardiness means the quality of being custardy.
How do you use custardiness in a sentence?
These scrumptious little cakes, which have a sweet, comforting custardiness to them, were one of my favorite discoveries in working on this book. […] What liquid do you scramble your eggs with?
What part of speech is custardiness?
Custardiness is a noun.

Words near custardiness in the dictionary

  1. custard-pied
  2. custard-pieing
  3. custard-pies
  4. custardier
  5. custardiest
  6. custardiness
  7. custardlike
  8. custards
  9. custardy
  10. Custenau
  11. Custer

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