• @bisserkr
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    3210 months ago

    Oh can I get some of that pie and Cool Hwhip?

  • @[email protected]
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    1610 months ago

    I’ve never been overseas myself, but this post sent me down a weird rabbit hole. Do I really understand correctly, that pre-made whipped cream is a thing over there? How does it even keep?

    • Dojan
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      2210 months ago

      I visited a friend in Massachusetts a few years ago, and we made pumkin pie. Just because I was curious, I bought cool whip.

      It’s not whipped cream, nor is it really similar to it. It’s essentially made similar to how you’d make mayonnaise, but instead of being savoury/sour it’s sweet. It’s also aerated so it’s not as dense. But yeah, it’s basically aerated dessert mayonnaise.

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    • @TheOneWithTheHairOP
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      1610 months ago

      Freeze it, thaw it, slap it on pie. When you have enough, freeze it for the next time.

      Cool Whip Original is made of water, hydrogenated vegetable oil (including coconut and palm kernel oils), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, skimmed milk, light cream (less than 2%), sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan and guar gums, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate, sodium polyphosphate, and beta carotene (as a colouring).

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Whip

      • Flying SquidM
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        310 months ago

        It’s pretty good frozen too. Sort of like ice cream.

      • @[email protected]
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        310 months ago

        I don’t get it, how are Americans on TV so rail thin. Don’t the fat majority get upset by that?

        • LinkOpensChest.wav
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          710 months ago

          Not all of us are obese, and the obesity epidemic has more to do with daily overconsumption of calories from things like soda and other sugared beverages than it does with eating cool whip on your pumpkin pie once a year

        • @surewhynotlem
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          310 months ago

          No, they worship it. It’s American Idol, not American Kinda Like.

        • @misophist
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          210 months ago

          I love cool whip. It’s magical! But I typically only have it two or three times a year in desserts when we have large family gatherings (every Thanksgiving and occasionally Christmas or Easter).

      • @banneryear1868
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        210 months ago

        It’s basically fat sugar and stabilizers yumm

    • @asterfield
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      1410 months ago

      It doesn’t rot because it’s not real food

    • @MotoAsh
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      710 months ago

      You’re not missing much. Even spray can whipped cream tastes like whipped cream, and as everyone says, coolwhip doesn’t.

      It’s like shitty can frosting vs good fondant. You can just look and see you’re not getting the good stuff let alone with a tasting.

    • @BleatingZombie
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      410 months ago

      It’s similar, but not exactly comparable with whipped cream. It’s not abnormal to hear people offer pumpkin pie with whipped cream, cool whip, or ice cream

  • Altima NEO
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    1010 months ago

    Cool whips definitely not whipped cream. More like frosting.

    • @Mr_Blott
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      410 months ago

      The vast majority of people don’t even know what it is, just that Stewey Griffin pronounced it funny

  • Rob Bos
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    I never understood premade whipped cream. It takes two minutes to make. Cream, bowl, a little liqueur, tiny bit of salt, then go to town. Use a mixer if you need one, a hand beater isn’t expensive.

    • @[email protected]
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      Some people don’t want to spend two minutes making whipped cream and then cleaning everything they got out to make it, or they just don’t have time.

      It’s not hard to understand in the slightest.

      • @banneryear1868
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        710 months ago

        “Why do people buy food you can easily make?”

        That’s like most food products and restaurants.

      • Rob Bos
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        110 months ago

        Sure, but it’s only a bowl and a whisk. I just rinse them, too.

        I guess everyone has things they find super easy and this is one of mine.

    • @Smoogs
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      310 months ago

      Many things can take 10 minutes or less to process.

      However when you add in the time to gather, prep and buy ingredients and cleanup, it adds up exponentially.

      • Rob Bos
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        I was counting that. Whiping cream is super fast once you know how, cleanup is easy. And buying heavy cream is something I would usually do anyway. Buying the prewhipped stuff takes no less effort than buying a carton.

        It would definitely depend on your comfort level.

        • @Smoogs
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          110 months ago

          And if you’re already cooking a million other things. Not everything spawns from laziness.

          • Rob Bos
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            Of course not, I’m not saying anyone’s lazy. I would encourage people to learn how to do it, though! It’s one of those things that is surprisingly easy and can save you some cash and fridge space.

            You’re not always going to be cooking a million other things. Sometimes you’re just pulling cheesecake out of the freezer, and at that point a quick whipped cream batch is nbd.