How can I unjam my flan cases?

[jefmcg]

[QUOTE 4901326, member: 259"]Flan is the older word by far and has a long history in English. Quiche is a young Alsatian mongrel with pretentions of grandeur. [/QUOTE]
According to the oxford, flan only entered the English language mid 19th century, so they are both Johnny-come-latelies.

If you want to use a venerable word, pye/pie goes back to at least 1301

Notes:

1. I've just discovered I can log into the OED!
2. My mum used to make bacon-and-egg pie when I was small. A thick slab of scone dough, criss crossed with bacon and then whole eggs broken on top and popped in a hot oven. It made an excellent Sunday supper or cold served on a picnic rug by the roadside. Then the Cordon Bleu revolution came and she started making quiche. I mentioned the pie to her years later, and she had completely forgotten it. Quiche is a better dish, but bacon and egg pie is nice to. I may make one this week out of nostalgia.

 

[PeteXXX]

We need Vern to adjudicate, though anyone mentioning 'quiche' in his presence would have got short shrift!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

When we were going to visit my gran she'd always say 'I'll get a quiche ready' and when we got there it would actually be a pizza. Bless her, fancy foreign cuisine would always confuse her, she'd have been OK with flan though.