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OMG I love Clara Jane....she's hysterical!

And you're not so bad yourself.

I hate Cool Whip - I don't eat anything that is "an edible oil product." BLECH!

Thank YOU and goodnight.
MUAH!

OK. I think I just shot my tonsils out my nose I snorted so hard.

Last night *I* did a naked Itsy Bitsy Spider performance followed with a pee on the floor, and it made everyone in the house just a tiny bit uncomfortable.

I hope you and the Cool Whippers have a great Thanksgiving.

You have to have Cool Whip at Thanksgiving. It's just un-American not to! Yall have a great Thanksgiving! Love ya!

...and I just got my chair (new one, too!) AGAIN!
sheesh.
Have a...non-hairpulling out Turkey Day.

p.s. Please LMK ASAP if you see Thai-flavoured Kettle Brand Potato Chips! (the fancy pretzels made me think of them).

Cool-whip is an edible oil product?
Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick! I've recently eaten almost an entire tub of the stuff. I've always ASSumed it was a thicker whipped cream.

Yuck.

Ingredients as listed on the offending container of Cool Whip Extra Creamy that currently resides in my freezer:

Skim milk (real whipping cream is milk that's at least 40% fat; skim milk is basically milk solids and water with the milk fat removed)

Hydrogenated vegetable oil (same stuff that's used for frying; loaded with that dreaded buzzword - trans fats)

High fructose corn syrup (sugar made from corn, same stuff used to sweeten non-diet soda)

Water

Corn syrup

Light cream (which is usually around 20% milk fat)

Followed by a ton of preservatives

While it's not an edible oil as in a petroleum product (as some urban legends go), it's definetly different than real whipped cream. Basically, Cool Whip is milk solids, engineered oil and engineered sugar with stabilizers and preservatives.

Personally, I'm a fan of real whipped cream - whipping cream that's spent some time in a conjugal visit with a mixer, with a bit of sugar and maybe some vanilla or cocoa powder added. Granted, it won't stay fluffy in your fridge for six months (or even six hours), but damn it's good. And easy.

I used to be a huge fan of Cool Whip, but all those years of culinary school and professional cooking have ruined most processed foods for me. This isn't to say that I probably won't be dipping into the Cool-Whip tomorrow. I'll just be making a funny face after the first bite and probably saying, "Damn. I forgot how weird this stuff feels in my mouth," leading to much snickering and twittering by my dirty-minded relatives.

One other bit of fun whipped cream trivia - the fat content of whipping cream is the same as that of butter. If you overmix whipping cream, you'll have homemade butter. Which is fun and cool, unless it occurs while you're frantically trying to finish your Pastry II final project an hour before it's due and you find yourself wondering if icing a mocha layer cake with chocolate butter will ruin that A you've busted your ass for all semester.

i was gonna get the redi-whip in the spray can, but it's probably almost the same as cool whip.

either way, it's gonna be a party. :)

Once again: tonsils, out the nose.

You two have got to stop making my snort when I'm so congested...

Ug, I'm not a fan of any type of 'whipped topping' that is not the aforementioned actual whipped cream/sugar/vanilla combo.

(This stems from an unfortunate strawberry shortcake incident back in the late '80's. I have not been able to look at Redi Whip without wanting to dry heave since.)

Sure enough, Joe has a love for all things processed, especially those containing high fructose corn syrup, (bonus points if there's Red dye #40!) so right now there is a tub of not only regular Cool-Whip residing in my fridge, but strawberry flavored Cool-Whip as well.

Everytime he makes the journey from Chicago down to St. Louis I try have some on hand (insert dirty thoughts here) but he never quite finishes the tub. Often there will be two or three different flavors waiting for his return, which will ultimately be thrown out when I'm sick of looking at them.

i agree, cool whip is nasty like a one of those coconut marshmallow snowballs. yech.

Back in the ol' East Germany days my MIL often faced having to have whipped cream and there'd be no cream in the stores. The standard thing to do then would be to whip together whole milk, softened butter and sugar to make whipped cream.