Little Malice wrote:
>
> One time on Usenet, Dave Smith > said:
> > Little Malice wrote:
>
> > > Oops, I should have mentioned that I was thinking of combining
> > > whipped cream, cream cheese, sugar, bananas, grapes, strawberries,
> > > and mandarin oranges. Again, thoughts?
> >
> > Serve the whipped cream on the side. Bananas are great, but add
> > them at the last minute.
>
> You wouldn't blend the cream cheese and whipped cream? How come?
> And thanks for the advice, Dave... :-)

I have to admit that I misread that. I thought you were mixing
the whipping cream with the fruit, which would just make creamy
mush. But since you ask.... I see no point in the cream cheese.
Whipped cream on its own is good as a topping, but now that I
think about it, a softened marscapone with whipping cream folded
in might make a nice base for the fruit, rather than the fruit
being a base for the cream.