Porridge vs Custard - What's the difference?
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A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
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(British slang) A prison sentence.
(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.
As nouns the difference between porridge and custard
is that porridge is a type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley while custard is 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.porridge
English
(wikipedia porridge)Noun
(en-noun)- Eat your porridge while it's hot!
- Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
