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Re Fake Ingredients
On 8/24/2015 1:50 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 10:11:55 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/21/2015 3:32 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 3:23:21 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 1:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> Ophelia, that stuff in the "squirty can" is GENUINE WHIPPED CREAM.
>>>>>>> Shocker, huh.
>>>>>>> LOL.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it?? <g> I bet it is more expensive than just whipping up your own
>>>>>> though eh???
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of it is real cream; some of it isn't. In any case, you can't
>>>>> control the amount of sugar in it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It might not necessarily be more expensive, due to economies of scale.
>>>>> I haven't looked recently, but it seems to me that there are more
>>>>> cans of whipped cream than cartons of heavy cream at the grocery store.
>>>>> Or my memory could be faulty.
>>>>
>>>> Are you saying they add sugar to the canned stuff??
>>>
>>> Good grief, yes! This is America. They add sugar to everything.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> TBF, it's supposed to be a dessert topping and aren't desserts
>> inherently sweet? You wouldn't use a spray can of Reddi-Whip to make,
>> for example, cream of broccoli soup. 
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> Granted, but not all components of a dessert need to be equally sweet, or
> even very sweet. Some people prefer more sweet; others prefer less.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Mmmm hmmm...
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