Reg wrote:
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> > Why would anyone fill cream puffs with anything but whipped cream?
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> Because they like it better, maybe?
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> Whipped cream isn't the only game in town here. The classic
> eclair recipe contains pastry cream, for instance. Same
> dough (pate a choux), different shape.


The classic chocolate eclair can have whipped cream, pastry cream or
custard. The latter two are cheap imitations of the real thing.....whipped
cream.

My mother used to make chocolate eclairs regularly. She is the only person
I knew who made them at home, and she always used whipped cream. Bakeries
use pastry cream, or its cousin, custard, because they are cheaper.