The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped cream this Christmas

Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by microcolonel on Sunday December 25, 2016 @01:42AM (#13253253)

Seems like a non-issue. Whipping cream by hand takes less than ten minutes and it's quite good. It's not going to be as fluffy and light as the stuff with nitrous oxide, but for topping I think that's not the point.

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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by anexprogrammer on Sunday December 25, 2016 @08:26AM (#13254031)

"Quite good"? LOL

From a can it's always UHT so tastes, for want of a better word, industrial. Though I'd just call it horrible and would be offended if served it. Let's be clear, no one is going to mistake it for real cream.

Real whipping cream and a couple of mins with balloon whisk is the only way to go.

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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by aianus on Sunday December 25, 2016 @09:35AM (#13254197)

What's UHT? The canned stuff I get is real cream.

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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by microcolonel on Sunday December 25, 2016 @11:52AM (#13254642)

He's referring to "ultra-high temperature" pasteurized creams. I figure, from what he's saying, that this type of cream is required for the nitrous oxide process.

Honestly I prefer the nitrous whipped creams, hand-whipped heavy/whipping cream is second for me. Alex seems to think that flavour is universal, and that all the people who like other flavours than him are plants from the food and beverage industry.

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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by DanBC on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:02PM (#13254675)

I think you need the UHT pasteurization for the long life that a can of whipped cream is expected to last for.

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