"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> 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

Oh dear ... Thanks.

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

Ahh I was imagining it in a squirty can.


> 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.

I wouldn't fancy that!! I enjoy real cream too much.

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