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232 months ago

Laura Rizo (a guest user) asked this question:

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232 months ago

   wrote:

Custard tart

232 months ago

Luis Francisco Valle V.   wrote:

Pear flan

My references:

http://www.recipezaar.com/135118

http://www.recipeland.com/recipe/10094/

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232 months ago

   wrote:

De acuerdo.

232 months ago

rhodie   wrote:

creme caramel with pears

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232 months ago

   wrote:

I think this answer is better. Until a few years ago, I lived in a major metropolitan area and would have said that many (if not most) people knew what flan was. Now that I live in another "less cosmopolitan" area, I have found that most people here have NO IDEA of what flan is. I even have a fifty-something man that I tutor, and he is from Guanajuato Mexico and speaks little English, and he did not know what flan was (go figure!!!) Many people won't know what Creme Caramel is, either, but I think it is a safer bet.

232 months ago

Linguist   wrote:

I agree. And if it's for a European text, I agree even more. In UK, Ireland and Australia a flan is a sponge cake with fresh fruit and cream, nothing like Spanish *flan*. For example: www.glutafin.co.uk/en/article.asp?chco_id=442 So, I think Creme caramel is safer.

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232 months ago

Vicki Santamaria   wrote:

flan or custard

My comment:

"Flan" is a word known to many English speakers and used in many cookbooks. Custard is the English word, but it is usually different from "flan". (Custard is less creamy, may be flavored with nutmeg, doesn't usually have a sugar syrup sauce, doesn't usually have fruits, nut or coconut added.)

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232 months ago

Linguist   wrote:

I agree completely!

232 months ago

Linguist   wrote:

Yes, I'd just use the Spanish term flan; most people would know what it is.