On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:56:31 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:34:20 -0400, Doris Night
>> > wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 01:39:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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>>>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
m...
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:38:04 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:02:14 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
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>>>>>>> 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
>>
>> 'Zactly... and easy to clean, just crank some soapy dish water and a
>> quick rinse under the tap... not smart to use an electric in a dishpan
>> filled with water.
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>Can you not eject the beaters from your electric hand beater?
>
>I simply cannot understand what the fuss is about! Use a hand beater ...
>use an electric beater ... and????

But then I have get my hands wet. . . .