On 19/08/2012 4:58 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> I can't come up with specifics, but I know I have tried to avid heavy cream and the results were awful. So, once or twice a year, I bit the bullet and use the heavy cream and be done with it.
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> I'm starting to feel the same way about fat free ricotta, sour cream etc. Some recipes need that fat.
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> If you research this group, I think this subject has been 'beat' to death before. My mother had no truck with anything but heavy cream when she wanted whipped cream on something. As a kid, we fought over licking the beaters.
>


I am supposed to avoid fat now, though I never was a big fan of it. My
mother used to make a lot of things with whipped cream. My brothers
would fight over the beaters, but it never interested me.