What is the difference between sour cream and heavy cream?!
But I am wondering if cream is really that bad. Is it high in fat or sodium? Is it made with a lot of artificial flavoring and hydrogenated oils? Whipped ed yogurt has helium or something in it to give it that texture. Maybe cream o whipped ed cream does too.
Anyways, what does heavy cream look like? What about half and half? Isn't half and half for coffee? What makes cream different than milk?
Answers:
cream, sour or regular is the fat that is removed from milk.
Cream is high in fat.
Even sour cream is high in fat; it is just regular cream that has been soured.
It is not made from anything, it is removed from milk.
Whipped cream has nothing but air whipped into it.
You can make it at home with an electric mixer.
half and half is for what ever you want to use it for. It is exactly what it sounds like; half cream and half milk.
Heavy cream is thick and slightly yellow or a pale tan.
Cream is different from milk in that it is the fat that was removed from milk to make the milk skim.
Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called "separators". In many countries, cream is sold in several grades depending on the total butterfat content.
Half and half is, i know this may be really culinarily difficult to understand, but try.. It is half milk, and half cream... Get it? Is it only for coffee? No. Exchange it for heavy cream in some recipies to lower fat content...
Sour cream or soured cream or cream soured or cream sour is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria.[1] The bacterial culture, which is introduced either deliberately or naturally, sours and thickens the cream. Its name stems from the production of lactic acid by bacterial fermentation, which is called souring. The taste of sour cream is only mildly sour.
that should have answered your questions.