any fairly reliable substitute for cream (frozen, butter, Mexican, recipe)

[nickerman]

maybe just plain old milk? Or maybe butter melted in some milk? When a person needs some ingreidient immediately for a recipe(like me now) it would be good to have a reliable substitute.

[CSD610]

What are you making?
That will make the difference in what to use as a substitute.

[Jkgourmet]

If you not intending to whip it, mix butter into milk and that will work okay.

I have no clue if there is anything that will sub if you need to whip it. Though I know that in Mexico, they will put a bit of sugar into Mexican crema (very similar to a thin sour cream) and use it on fruit.

[houstan-dan]

Frozen cool whip. There's some arctic brand ice cream that's incredibly low calorie as well.

[krazykatlady]

Coffemate?

[Nanny Goat]

Whole yogurt, not the low fat kinds, the full fat one, can be substituted for milk I think in some recipes, not all of course.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

You can whip canned milk into whipped "cream"

For sauces just use milk with a little extra thickener, like flour or corn starch.

For ice cream, you use a combination of milk and cream, but you can use the same recipe and use all 1/2 and 1/2 and it will be edible.