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> Wow! People sure have different tastes my kids think it is too sour and
> always add powdeded sugar. I think it tastes best that way too.


I hesitate to comment because again, I can't tell exactly what you are
referring to due to your top posting. However, I also add sugar to cream
before I whip it. If your cream tastes sour, it is spoiled.







>
> Vox Humana wrote:
>
> > <Alan > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 15:43:18 GMT, "Vox Humana" >
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>
> > wrote in message
> arthlink.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.
> >
> >
>