On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 7:48:40 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> I received an email recipe from ATK, which was for the well-known
> >> strawberry gelatin
> >> salad with a pretzel crust. Without stating the product they were
> >> calling "fake," their
> >> recipe included dairy whipped cream. I am sure the easy recipe called
> >> for Cool Whip,
> >> not genuine whipped cream. It was the only component which could have
> >> been a
> >> substitute for something else. The rest of the recipe had genuine
> >> strawberries, genuine
> >> plain gelatin, and genuine pretzels.
> >>
> >> But since when is an ingredient called "fake" without defining what it is
> >> a substitute for?
> >> An ingredient is an ingredient. It was sloppy editing to refer to Cool
> >> Whip as a fake
> >> ingredient without defining what their "real" ingredient was. Don't you
> >> agree? Or am I
> >> being exceptionally cranky....
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> > Maybe they didn't want to use the name brand. There are other brands of
> > crap like Cool Whip.
>
> So what is Cool Whip? Pretendy cream?

Imitation whipped cream. Ingredients:

water, hydrogenated vegetable oil (including coconut and palm oils), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, skimmed milk, light cream, and less than 2% sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan and guar gums, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate, and beta carotene (as a coloring

You buy it frozen, and let it defrost before serving.

I haven't had any in a very, very long time. I recall it had a somewhat
metallic flavor and a greasy mouthfeel. And it was sweet as hell.

Cindy Hamilton