A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2005 Where is your half and half?

Is it in the frig waiting for you to make whipped cream for "all the pies you're making for Thanksgiving?"

Probably for some of you the answer is "yes." But I just about fell out of my chair laughing when Rachael Ray said this on national TV, with a straight face. She was making some kind of cream sauce using regular milk, when she said "You can use some of the half and half you have just sitting in the frig that you're gonna use to make whipped cream for all the pies you're making for Thanksgiving."

After you make the whipped cream how do you get it into the squirt cans?

Thank you! It's great to see someone after my own heart!

I think if I really dug, I have a thing of cool whip in the freezer....maybe!


The whipped cream in the can doesn't last long here...too easy to pop the top and squirt it and eat it. The dogs love it, too...

That's what I was wondering....squirt cans for me!!!! I don't like cool whip, has to be canned whipped cream....

I couldn't imagine I'd EVER make my own from scratch.... :p

Shots Barley!!!

Ahhh...whipped cream in a can. I love that stuff.
I buy it just so I can keep it in the fridge to squirt in my mouth whenever I open the fridge for something. Plus, when the can is empty there's still enough nitrous oxide in it to get a buzz off of...so they say.

I think this is what's been holding me back all these years and why I don't have my own TV show. I don't even have any half and half. Don't think I ever have.

You should see Lola when I get the whipped cream out...
She goes wild!

She lets me squirt it right in her mouth.

*snort* Ouch...pepsi out the nose hurts!

I do the "spray in the mouth" thing too!

Mom gave me a piece of chocolate cake with whipped cream on it the other day, and then I went and sprayed another inch on top of that....

Plus it's really good in coffe, or hot chocolate....

Right! Me, too...hey, let's run out and get some!

(does it smell as bad as milk when it goes bad? 'Cause it will, in my world...)

Ouch...pepsi out the nose hurts! [/QB][/QUOTE]


I'm sitting her drinking Pepsi too. Wish I had a squirt of whipped cream.

I have never had whipped cream out of a can...I just can't imagine that it would be good at all.. I use to but cool whip some...but is is
SOOOOOOOOOO easy to make your own..and it tastes so much better...there is just no comparison! But...I also have to add that I have never used half & half....I get heavy cream! Man...how could it stay your fridge for so long? I use it in everything...scrambled eggs, soups, mashed tators (makes them so creamy & yummy!) I thought about getting a can of that spray stuff since you all were going on about it...but ...NAW...

Sheri...I watch Rachel Ray every day. We don't have the same cooking preferences...but she is a hoot. She uses too much frozen & canned stuff for my taste...but she has some really yummy ideas! I also like to watch Alton Brown...he's a complete nut case...but his shows are crammed full of great information...

I have never had whipped cream out of a can...I thought about getting a can of that spray stuff since you all were going on about it...but ...NAW... [/QUOTE]

I knew there was someone in this bunch!!! And I know a secret. Cindy, Lou, Faye, Cinja has half and half in her frig and is cooking with it today!!!!!!

I like to watch Rachael too but she cooks a lot of heavy food. Sometimes I just want to eat light. She has to use a lot of convenience foods to get the dinner completed in 30 minutes. A friend of mine, who has every Pampered Chef item there is but they are still in the box since she hardly ever cooks, tried to fix a 30 minute meal one night. She said it took her 2 hours.

I use to have quite a bit of Pampered Chef stuff...I have gotten rid of some of it through the years...but I love the baking stones...and those little pairing knives that they sell for a buck...I have a ton of those. Sold my apple peeler...never used it. But I will tell you one thing...if I ever win the lotto....first place I am heading is to a Williams Sonoma....and they would love to see me coming! I love that place!

Okay...spill the beans...what is she making....?

When my children moved out I pretty much stopped cooking and in this house I don't have a lot of space for gadgets. I have been to W&S though and I do like that stuff. Since I've been home sick and watching all these cooking shows I do feel like cooking some, but who will eat it? I cook when the girls are here or to take to work. That's pretty much it.

Right now though, I'm watching a show that says to eat everything raw.

"Right now though, I'm watching a show that says to eat everything raw."
I hear that was part of the Samurai philosophy...only eat live food. I try do do that, too...I like my cow still mooing!

I'd have to draw the line there....some meats I like med rare...but raw... that just can't be good!

I only use the canned "whipped cream" when I specifically want it for the squirted appearance.

Otherwise, it is from scratch. That's the best way to make a Fool anyway.

Half & Half, Light Cream and Heavy Cream are pretty much staples for one reason or another.

Chowder just isn't chowdery enough without the Half & Half...

Merme

The host of the show said that's what Demi Moore did to get ready for her "come back". Raw veges, raw fruit, I guess sushi. What else can be eaten raw that won't give you worms or salmonella?

My meat better be half charred when they bring it out ....everyone hates it when I get steak because then everyone has to wait for my steak to cook before they get their food...

I'm with you, loz, my meat better be well, well cooked or I don't even get my fork near it!

Merme

I just worry that if something isn't cooked well that there might be some kinds of disease that isn't cooked out of it....Mark does medium well.....and when he's cutting it and it's pink it makes me feel a little nauseous....