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10-16-2008, 10:30 AM
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Anyone know if there is a big difference? I bought whipping cream when I should have purchased heavy cream....It does have some additives in it, like polysorbate 80 and carageen
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10-16-2008, 10:36 AM
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I've used them interchangeably.
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10-16-2008, 10:44 AM
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Heavy cream is fattier and less likely to have additives like carageenan in it.
You can use either, but I prefer heavy cream. Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, right?
Whipping cream is 30-35.999% fat, and heavy cream is 36% or greater.
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10-16-2008, 05:47 PM
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Thank You...it was for a recipe...it turned out OK ...I think!
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10-16-2008, 10:45 PM
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Debsi got it right... Hope your recipe turns out great!
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10-16-2008, 11:37 PM
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Not that much of a difference.
Cream.....YUM!
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10-17-2008, 07:20 AM
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Also, just a quick note - carrageenan is a seaweed found in the Carrageen region of Ireland. Now if they put "made with seaweed extract" on the label, they could sell it as a great, natural product and not have it considered a bad scientific-sounding additive! So if you look at it that way it's not really a negative  |
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10-17-2008, 07:57 AM
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I had no idea there is a heavy cream that isn't a whipping cream! Is it in the same area of the store as whipping cream? And it's just called "heavy cream"? Who makes it?
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10-17-2008, 01:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cynwldkat
I had no idea there is a heavy cream that isn't a whipping cream! Is it in the same area of the store as whipping cream? And it's just called "heavy cream"? Who makes it?
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I've never noticed this either...I bought the store brand....it was for a quiche recipe. I made it once using heavy cream, and then the second time I just grabbed not thinknig and then when I got home wondered if there was a difference. The whipping cream smelled fresh, had a Nov. date...but had some lumps in it. Weird. |
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10-18-2008, 06:29 AM
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I went to Food Lion last night and looked for the heavy cream and still only found whipping cream----where would the heavy cream be?? I found half and half, milk and heavy cream whipping cream. I have never had any kind of lumps in my whipping cream--that is odd.
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