According to "Cooks Thesaurus" http://www.foodsubs.com/Dairyoth.html

Half & Half is half milk, half cream and weighs in with a butterfat content
between 10.5 - 18%. It can't be whipped, but it's nice with coffee, or on
cereal.

Half & half is the cream usually served with Coffee in the US

Rina

"w.s. van leeuwen" > wrote in message
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> hello everybody,
>
> I have a recipe for a bacon apple quiche I would like to try but one of
the
> ingredients is called "half and half". As the englisch language is not my
> mothertongue (as you might have guessed) I don't have a clue what half and
> half means in this context. Could anybody pls enlighten me?
> thanks
> steffie
>
>