National Pots du Creme Day 2021
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Sometimes topped with carmelized sugar à la creme brulee. More often not as I am a custard purist.
I used to get the best egg custard at a restaurant called Morrison's located in the Dutch Square mall.
This establishment became a different entity called Picadilly but it was the same food at the same place under a different name.
The restaurant left the area long ago, as did all of the other iterations of the 'cafeteria' like S&S on Gervais Street. Along with them a good balanced meal to be had away from home left as well.
The egg custard did not change with the name. The same dish at the same restaurant at Columbia Mall across town used a cheap imitation product likely derived from an instant pudding mix.
They never fooled me once and the lack of skills became so evident in the production of the egg custard that I rejected dining at that location entirely from then on.
Real egg custard is known as Pots du Creme. In United States August 27 is National Pots du Creme Day.
Pot de crème is a loose French dessert custard dating to the 17th century.
The name means "pot of custard" or "pot of cream", which also refers to the porcelain cups in which the dessert is served. I have always called these cups ramekins because it was from where I had my first taste of really good egg custard.
The dish is often imitated but to we who know it well those gastronomic cheap shots are widely rejected.