What is sour cream? Is it the same as salad cream?!


Question: What is sour cream!? Is it the same as salad cream!?
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Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria!. The bacterial culture, introduced either deliberately or naturally, produces lactic acid, which sours and thickens the cream!.
(Salad cream) Commercially produced salad cream is usually made from distilled vinegar, vegetable oil, water, sugar, mustard, salt, egg yolks, modified cornflour, xanthan gum and guar gum (as stabilizers), and riboflavin (for colouring)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!. Sour cream is cream that has been acidulated, ie allowed to go sour, or the quick method that we Latvians use when we have run out is to add a few drops of lemon juice and mix well!. This is perfectly acceptable!.

To get really good soured cream which keeps well is to go into a shop selling Polish products and buy something called Smetana or Smietana which is far superior to the stuff you get in UK normally!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Sour cream is fresh cream that has been treated with enzymes OR allowed to go sour by leaving in un-sterile conditions!.
Soured cream is fresh cream which has had an acetic acid added ie, lemon juice
Salad cream is a manufactured product which includes eggs, vinegar, and loads of chemicalsWww@FoodAQ@Com

Make your own sour cream,
1/2 pt whipping cream!.
1 unwaxed lemon!.
whip the cream unitl you get soft peaks, add the lemon juice
and whip unti thick and creamy!.
add some fresh choped chives!. serve on a jacket potato or grilled fish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Sour cream is just as it is named - cream that is sour!. Usually used as a dressing or dip - my favourite way is to pour it over a baked potato with some chopped chives!.

Salad cream is a different thing!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No
Salad cream is completely non dairy and is similar to sharp mayonnaise (without so many eggs)!.
Soured cream is dairy cream that has been soured!.
They both look, taste and are completely different!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you need to ask this question you are a complete NO NO !. you have no culinary knowledge whatsoever and never will have!. Go dine mc Donalds!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

sour cream is dairy cream left out long enough to sour!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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