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Custard vs Rice - What's the difference?

custard | rice |

As a noun custard

is (uncountable) a type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.

As a verb rice is

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custard

English

(wikipedia custard)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
  • (countable) Any particular variety of custard.

    • Derived terms

    * confectioner's custard * custard apple * custard arm * custard brains * custard Christian * custard-chucker * custard coffin * custard cream * custard cup * custard-cups * custard glass * custard pie * custard powder * custard tart * custard winds * custardy * egg custard * frozen custard * fruit custard * love custard * turn to custard

    See also

    * bavarois * * * cream puff * floating islands * trifle * panna cotta, pannacotta * vanilla slice * vla * zabaglione

    rice

    English

    (wikipedia rice)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  • A specific variety of this plant.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.

    • Verb

  • To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
  • To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  • To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
  • To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.

    • Derived terms

    * arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild rice

    Related terms

    * Menominee * rijsttafel * risotto

    See also

    * basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushi

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    References

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