"Nexis" > wrote in message news:VPELd.68$Yu.50@fed1read01...
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> "Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in message
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>> I am going to make a tiramasu recipe that calls for
>> 1 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
>>
>> 3/4 cup light cream cheese
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>>
>>
>> I'd like to use something other than the brand of "Philadelphia Cream
>> Cheese." Has anyone experienced using a substitute brand. Are there any
>> other common brands of cream cheese readily available?
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>> Any comments appreciated.
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dee
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> Dee, I'm sorry, and I am the *last* person one would call a food snob, but
> you are not making anything resembling tiramisu with ricotta cheese. Or
> cream cheese for that matter. Tiramisu is made with mascarpone cheese and
> wouldn't be as good with anything else.
> That being said, there are several brands of light cream cheese, it just
> depends on what's available near you to use in your tiramisu-type dessert.
> Here we have the store brands and the old stand-by. By store brands I
> mean,
> Trader Joe's Kirkland, that type thing.
>
> kimberly

Could you suggest any recipe that doesn't use either cream cheese or ricotta
cheese, but ALL mascarpone cheese? All the recipes (without eggs) I've seen
call for at least the ricotta cheese.
I just couldn't eat anything like this with eggs, all I would taste is EGGS.
Raised on a farm where we as kids had nothing to do but WAIT and watch for a
chicken to lay an egg.
Thanks.
Dee