Question:Light whipping cream vs. heavy whipping cream

[Free Rider]

Originally Posted by Luc_H

Weird eating habit. I wonder what is his reasoning? Is he on an unusual diet?

Luc H

I've heard that crack addicts drink a lot of milk and cream... gallons a day. Something in the crack gives them the craving.

[shel]

Originally Posted by Luc_H

Weird eating habit. I wonder what is his reasoning? Is he on an unusual diet?

<LOL> Yes, his eating habits are strange. He only eats fast food and poor quality supermarket deli take out, drinks, literally, gallons of milk per week, lots of heavy cream, and soda. He drinks nothing but milk, cream, and HFCS soda pop. The only vegetables he gets are the lettuce and tomatoes used to garnish the take out food. One day I'll take a pic of his fridge and post it here.

Oh, he eats lots of cereal - Rice Krispies, Shredded Wheat, Corn Chex, Grape Nuts - for breakfast. sometimes during the day, as midnight snacks = with about a tablespoon of sugar added to each bowl, and goes through bags of potato chips and cheesy Fritos things and lots of cupcakes and sugary cakes, also from the deli case or take out places.

I've never seen him eat a salad, fresh veggies, or cook anything other than to heat stuff up in the microwave with the exception of frying bacon on the stove top.

Shel

[tessa]

if hes drinking cream like that on a regular basis


over here we have regular cream and light cream. the light cream is not suitable for whipping its good for things like sauces, thin ganaches, pasta, etc, its much lower in fat and therefore wont whip
and our regular cream is perfect for everything sauces, thickened products, whipped,in cheesecakes, desserts, anything that you would like to use cream for.

We are a big dairy nation and produce some of the best cream IMO in the world

just a question for you , what is half and half??

Originally Posted by shel

The stores I visit seem to have a high turnover rate. I don't buy/use cream, and very little milk, except when using it in a specific recipe, so I don't pay a lot of attention to the carton dates. However, since the milk/cream fridge is right next to the vegetable bins in one of the markets I frequent, I'll try to remember to check the cartons a little more regularly and see if I can better nail down the pull dates.

It's hard to believe this fellow I know has about six or so cartons of heavy cream in his fridge that's past the use-by or pull dates. I've never known anyone to drink the stuff like regular milk, either.

Shel

[shel]

Originally Posted by tessa

if hes drinking cream like that on a regular basis
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just a question for you , what is half and half??

Well, he is - he probably drinks a pint of cream every few days. He mostly adds it to the milk he puts on his cereal, although sometimes he'll pour some cream into his milk, of which he drinks copious amounts.

I also wonder how healthy it might be to be drinking so much cream (and eating so much sour cream) that's past the pull or use-by date (Luc?)

Half and half is essentially a mixture of milk and heavy (whipping) cream, providing about 12% - 13% butterfat. Many here in the States add it to their coffee.

Shel