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Vox Humana
 
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> Here we have used it all these years and never noticed any odd tastes.
> It still beats whipped cream...too much work and you can't store it.
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You can get real whipped cream out of a can. It is ultra-pasturized and has
a long shelf life. The only work involved is removing the cap and pressing
the nozzle.







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