Eggs, sugar, and cream are boiled together to create the classic dish known as custard, which is silky smooth and delicious. It is uncommon to think of a custard's sweet and mildly eggy flavour without also thinking of its velvety texture. So much so that the adjective "custardy" is used to describe various silky, creamy textures, such as the paw-paw fruit, a native of America sometimes referred to as a custard apple.
