Re Fake Ingredients
On 8/24/2015 8:40 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, gravesend10
> @verizon.net says...
>>
>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:56:31 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> '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.
>>>
>>> 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. . . .
>
> For some people, that's a tough one; because they don't own cotton
> towels, and ran out of paper ones.
>
> Janet UK
>
Mmmm hmmm...
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