Went out on a supplies run for future shoots the other night, and made a terrible discovery, Tesco have withdrawn their "value" canned custard, which in recent years was branded "T.E.Stockwell & Co", which is of course a pun on "Tesco".

This was the ultimate sploshers custard, as it was much runner than more premium brands and so ideal for pouring inside trousers, filling swimsuits, and just generally pouring over people.

Other canned and carton custards are available, but cost rather more, and are thicker - the supermarket own-brand carton ones are still pourable but won't soak through quite as effectively as the value brand did.

Having done a scout of all the major Tesco stores in the district we found that the last remaining stock seems to have been concentrated at the huge Tesco Extra on the eastern edge of Leeds, and needless to say we've stocked up. But once that's been used, the era of cheap easy-pour sploshing custard will be over.

Farewell TE Stockwell & Co, you served us well.

A shame, though I prefer the thicker stuff.

FWIW it's not a pun, it's how Tesco got it's name. Jack Cohen formed TESCO from a partner tea supplier, T. E. Stockwell (formerly Messrs Torring and Stockwell of Mincing Lane) and the first 2 letters of his surname. They later used the name to replace the value range.

I like the thicker stuff (Tesco or Asda own-brand cartons, or Ambrosia) for spreading by hand. If one girl is going to spread handfuls all across front of another girl's trousers, slide messy handfuls between her legs, etc, then a carton, cut fully open across the top so the person doing the slathering can slide her hand in and scoop out a nice handful to spread, yeah, that's brilliant. But for pouring inside, I always preferred the runnier stuff. Guess once our little stockpile of the last of the Stockwell is used up, we'll have to get used to thicker custard clothes filling.


Interesting, I wasn't aware of that, ta for the info!