On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 14:46:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Bryce" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 15:04:03 -0600, Hank Rogers >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Roy" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh my living, loving GAWD!!! JULIE how could you have progressed this
>>>>> far in life without the knowledge of "half-and-half"? It is just a
>>>>> rich cream which
>>>>> can be used in thousands of recipes that call for CREAM. I use it on
>>>>> cereal and desserts of all kinds, on canned and fresh fruit.
>>>>> You must have lived in isolation for eons.
>>>>> =====
>>>>
>>>> Because I never use cream either! I rarely eat cereal and when I do, it
>>>> is dry. Rarely eat fruit or desserts. I don't like cream or milk. Never
>>>> have. Dunno if the gardener eats pudding but I suppose I could try.
>>>
>>>HaHaHaHa ... if you NEVER like or use milk or cream, why didn't you
>>>simply throw it out as others suggested?
>>>
>>>What the hell did you think half and half was? Oh no... no ... say it
>>>ain't so!
>>
>> I thought it was half pork mince/half beef mince. After seeing it, I
>> might have realised my mistake.
>
>I didn't even know there was such a thing!

Maybe it's a Dutch thing. It's called "half om half":
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