Custard?

I absolutely love custard, so I bought a can of Ambrosia Devon custard for myself and DH.

DH was horrified when I mentioned that I planned to put it in bowls to be eaten with spoons.

He said that custard can't be eaten on its own - it has to be put on top of something, like a sponge cake or bananas.

Is this just some weird British eating idiosyncrasy - like you can't eat a sandwich unless there's butter or margarine on the bread - or is British custard actually different than American custard? (The only time I've ever had custard in the UK is when it was served combined with something else, like DH described. This is the first time I've purchased plain custard.)

In America, I always ate custard straight from a cup or bowl - as an alternative to American pudding.

I think custard here is thinner and not as flavoured as custard in the US, but my husband does just eat it straight out of the bowl. 

Many of the boys at the school where I work eat it straight from the bowl on its own. (I work in an all boys school -- it isn't a case that only boys do this I am sure ;-) )

Yeah, I kind of know what he means. The custard from a tin is yummy, but its not vanilla pudding even though it kind of tastes like it!

Custard...oh that is something I will never like as far as English food goes.  My dad is British and he raised us kids on all sorts of English foods (i.e. Christmas cake, marmalade, mince pies, sheperds pie etc), but one thing I NEVER could like was custard for some reason.

My GH when he came over for a while made me try custard, and it was on angel food cake.

Custard...oh that is something I will never like as far as English food goes. 

Not a fan of it at all. Sort of tolerable when warm. Warm and on pie = no thanks! Would much prefer to have ice cream on my pie.  Warm and on crumble/crisp = tolerable    Pretty vile when cold- especially straight up! Its tolerable, however, when mixed in with an sort of trifle because the fruit and alcohol help. 

Straight from the bowl would be kinda weird - it's pretty thin on its own. I'd chop up some fruit and put it in at the very least!

fruit and alcohol help.  

This an be said with a lot of things  

I didnt know what custard was in the can but now I might have to bust out a can and try it

Speaking as a Brit, yes you could have it just as it is but generally it's served with something else.
I'd recommend just putting it on sliced banana!

DH would eat it either way -- on its own or over sliced bananas (yuk!) or gallons of it in trifle. Alas, he can no longer indulge as much because of kidney condition.

I don't think Ambrosia is thin at all    I regularly eat it on its own.

I love cold custard, just on its own!  Much better than warm/hot custard, which I don't particularly like & would rather have ice cream with a warm dessert.  DH feels just the opposite of how I do. 

I love cold custard, just on its own!  Much better than warm/hot custard, which I don't particularly like & would rather have ice cream with a warm dessert.  DH feels just the opposite of how I do. 

It is also good with a tablespoon of good jam stirred in (raspberry for instance.)