"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 01:39:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:38:04 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:02:14 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 9:14:52 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > > And the canned stuff has way more sugar than I would add if I
>>>>> > > whipped
>>>>> > > my own. It tastes like candy, not cream.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Your mind is playing tricks on you. Plain whipped cream from a can
>>>>> > isn't overly sweet. I've never noticed flavored whipped cream in a
>>>>> > can, didn't know it existed before this and have zero interest in
>>>>> > finding it now that I've been informed. You're right about heavy
>>>>> > cream that isn't ultra-pasteurized being hard to find though. I've
>>>>> > been on that hunt.
>>>>>
>>>>> Aw, c'mon. Reddi-Whip is really sweet. I know there are other brands
>>>>> out there, but Reddi-Whip is the 600 pound gorilla in the canned
>>>>> whipped cream market.
>>>>>
>>>>> I add only a little sugar when I whip cream myself; it's a nice foil
>>>>> for a sweet dessert. Everybody's taste is different.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have to admit that I don't know the level of sweetness of one brand
>>>>vs another and quite frankly I'm surprised that you, being so
>>>>vociferously anti-can, would know either. Whatever differences there
>>>>are can't be very much because I've never tasted it and made a
>>>>connection with candy. Frankly, unless it's for a group of people -
>>>>my attitude about whipping cream is similar to the way some people
>>>>here balk at using their food processor. The return isn't worth the
>>>>time involved it takes to make it and clean up, so if I wanted whipped
>>>>cream for myself or just the two of us - I'd buy a can. As it is, we
>>>>do without.
>>>
>>> When I want whipped cream (made from heavy cream) I get out my trusty
>>> 50-year-old hand beater and it's done in about 90 seconds. No muss, no
>>> fuss. I've never been able to figure out why anyone would use an
>>> electric beater for whipped cream.
>>
>>And I can't see in this day and age why anyone would own a hand beater.
>
> I own the same hand beater that I got I first was married 43 years
> ago. (And I think I bought it used from a thrift store.) I also have
> an electric mixer, a blender, a stick blender, and two food
> processors, but if something is only going to take a minute or two, I
> can't see the bother in getting them out.
>
> Doris

I use my wire whips for things like that, but whatever people prefer to use
is what they should use.

Cheri