"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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>
> <Alan > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 15:43:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > wrote in message
> > thlink.net...
> > >> Cool Whip is a wonderful product that comes in many flavours and can
be
> > >> added to anything. It tastes just like whipped cream. My kids used
to
> > >> take popcicles and dip them in Cool Whip for treats the same with
> cookies.
> > >> You can add it to any recipe that calls for whipped cream (that has
no
> > >> taste and lots of fat and cholesterol) it doesn't melt or fade away
and
> > >> can be added to a 1 pound box of powdered sugar for a great frosting.
> > >> Matt
> > >
> > >
> > >Cool Whip is a first cousin to non-dairy coffee creamers. This class
of
> > >products contains hydrogenated tropical oils and saturated fat. If you
> like
> > >them, that is a personal thing. I see little to recommend them. I
don't
> > >think they taste very good - certainly not like real whipped cream.
Cool
> > >Whip has a strange chemical taste, probably from the artificial vanilla
> > >flavor that it contains. I don't have whipped cream very often, maybe
> twice
> > >a year. I would rather have the real thing. You can stabilize whipped
> > >cream if you want to use it in pastries.
> > >
> > I don't much like Cool Whip, but I think the 'chemical' taste doesn't
> > come from the artificial vanilla. Cook's Illustrated does blind
> > taste testing, and when they tasted vanilla against vanillin, not one
> > taster could tell the difference!
> >
> > I think other things in the mixture have to do with the weird taste.
> >
>
> You might be right. However, as I recall, the CI test concluded that you
> couldn't tell the difference when using vanillin in cooked/baked items but
> they recommended using real vanilla in things like whipped cream that
aren't
> heated. One thing for sure it that there is a strange taste to Cool Whip.
> I also think it is too sweet.
>
>
Over the holiday season I sampled some rum punch which had an overly
generous amount of Cool Whip added. I thought it was terrible. Thick gooey
stuff. Could almost cut it with a knife.
Besides, I couldn't taste the rum. Bah humbug!