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Welcome to National Vanilla Custard Day!
The history of custard is long and complicated. Ancient Roman cooks were the first to recognize the binding properties of eggs. They were experts at creating several egg-based dishes, most notably patinae, crustades and omlettes. These foods were either savory (made with cheese, meat, pepper etc.) or sweet (flavored with honey, nuts, cinnamon etc.).
Food historians generally agree that custard, the sweet almost pudding-like substance we Americans know today, dates to the Middle ages. At that time custard was eaten alone or used as fillings for pies, tarts, pastry, etc. Flan is probably the the most famous and widely adapted custard dessert in the world. It is important to note that custard was not unique to Europe. Similar recipes flourished in Asia.
Classic recipes for sweet custards were introduced to America by European cooks. Culinary evidence confirms American cooks readily embraced these recipes. Europeans also brought with them pudding recipes, which were a very different kind of food at that time. 18th century European puddings were typically boiled compositions of legumes, sometimes infused with meat products.
The distinction between European custard and American pudding got muddled sometime in the 1840s. At that time in America, traditional boiled puddings were no longer necessary to feed the average family. There was plenty of food. This also happened to be the same time when Alfred Bird, an English chemist, introduced custard powderas an alternative to egg thickeners. It wasn't long before Americans began using custard powder and other cornstarch derivatives as thickeners for custard-type desserts. This proved quite useful for overlander (conestoga wagon) cooks who did not have ready access to a reliable supply of fresh eggs.
In the last decades of the 19th century some American social reformers and food companies endeavored to tranform custard/pudding from dessert to health food. American custards and puddings were thusly marketed for their nutritional benevolence with special respect to invalids and children. Yes, this means chocolate pudding was perceived by some as a health food. Late 19th century cookbooks and company brochures (Jell-0, Royal) were replete with "quick" custard and pudding recipes, often touting arrowroot and tapicoca as the healthy ingredients. By the 1930s instant custard & pudding mixes were readily available to the American public.
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Projecting the SU Two Deep Heading Into Fort Drum Week (PS; Bailey)
With a week and a half of preseason camp down, Syracuse is 18 days from kicking off its season against Rhode Island.
There were position battles on both sides of the ball heading into camp, and thus far we've gained some level of understanding as to where players stand.
Here's a projection of the team's two-deep depth chart based on what we know now and what can be expected in the next couple weeks.
Reasoning will be detailed after each unit.
OFFENSE
No. Name Height Weight Class
Quarterback
10 Terrel Hunt 6-3 238 rSr.
4 AJ Long 6-0 181 So.
Running back
29 Devante McFarlane 6-0 199 rJr.
27 George Morris II 6-0 192 rJr.
Hybrid back
3 Ervin Philips 5-11 181 So.
84 Ben Lewis 6-2 213 rJr.
Wide receiver
8 Steve Ishmael 6-2 203 So.
83 Sean Avant 5-10 207 rSo.
Wide receiver
82 Alvin Cornelius 6-1 183 rJr.
9 Brisly Estime 5-9 178 Jr.
Tight end
89 Josh Parris 6-4 246 rJr.
90 Cameron MacPherson 6-3 248 rJr.
Left tackle
72 Ivan Foy 6-5 280 rSr.
67 Michael Lasker 6-5 295 Sr.
Left guard
68 Nick Robinson 6-6 302 rSr.
71 Alex Hayes 6-2 279 rSo.
Center
55 Rob Trudo 6-4 301 rSr.
78 Jason Emerich 6-3 273 rJr.
Right guard
59 Aaron Roberts 6-4 280 rFr.
74 Seamus Shanley 6-1 281 rJr.
Right tackle
57 Omari Palmer 6-3 305 rJr.
65 Jamar McGloster 6-7 319 rSo.
Notes:
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Ethan Wiederkehr is an SU Legacy
SU Football Recruiting Roundup (thejuice; Cheng)
In football, Eric Rutter from Today’s U catches up with 2017 defensive end Ethan Wiederkehr. The 6’5″, 270-pound prospect picked up an offer from Syracuse earlier in the month after he visited theOrange. “I wasn’t expecting to get an offer while I was up there,” Wiederkehr said. “It kind of blew me away a little bit and I was thankful.” He also holds offers from Maryland, Rutgers and Wake Forest.”
The Gaston Gazette previews the 2015 Forestview season, and Syracuse commit Moe Neal gets a lot of coverage. The article takes not that in his junior season, Neal rushed for 2,018 yards and 29 touchdowns and tacked on 549 receiving yards and nine receiving TDs.
2017 junior linebacker Avery Roberts is profiled by Brad Myers of The News Journal. Myers notes that Roberts is being pursued by Syracuse and many, many other schools including Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Clemson, Oregon, Miami, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Stanford, Temple and Rutgers. “I like hitting,” Roberts says.
One-time Syracuse recruit Joshua Lugg committed to Notre Dame over the weekend. TheOrange was one of 14 teams that had offered the 2017 offensive lineman, but Lugg had previously narrows his choices to Penn State, Michigan State, Tennessee, Wisconsin and UCLA.
Finally, to start your week, former Syracuse commit Marquise Blair will be enrolling at Dodge City (Kan.) Community College, reports At their request, this network is being blocked from this site.’s Mike McAllister. Blair was Scott Shafer’s top rated recruit in the 2015 class, but was declared ineligible by the NCAA earlier in the month.
Ben Lewis is an Express Back
Tracking the Express Back Position (DO; Schwedelson)
The Syracuse fan base got its second glimpse of what offensive coordinator Tim Lester’s new hybrid position could look like during Saturday evening’s Fan Fest scrimmage.
The hybrid, which was also featured in the Orange’s spring game in April, lined up mostly as either a slot receiver or on the wing next to the offensive tackle. SU head coach Scott Shafer has said it could also set up in the backfield, but that rarely occurred on Saturday.
While Shafer said the offense didn’t show much of its playbook, he pointed out a reverse by starting hybrid Ervin Philips that resulted in a touchdown and a first down off a reverse by backup Ben Lewis. On both plays, the hybrid lined up in the slot, ran behind the offensive line to get the ball and swung around the opposite side of the field.
Philips lined up most often next to the offensive tackle, where a traditional tight end would line up, putting an emphasis on his ability to block when the Orange ran the ball with him in that spot.
Shafer also mentioned freshman hybrid Tyrone Perkins’ two impressive catches during a skeleton drill without an offensive or defensive line. Perkins wore a white non-contact jersey throughout the first week of practice, but after Fan Fest Shafer said he’s excited about his potential.
Freshman Dontae Strickland has also been working with the hybrids throughout camp but sat out with a lower-body injury on Saturday. He’s expected to be healthy within the next few days, Shafer said.
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