Knight

I thought I had the names of different products all patted down with my 1 year anniversary of being in the US almost here. However, today I proved myself wrong.

When I look for recipes online, the first place I check is bbc.co.uk/food. I used it back in England and because they have both measurement types I am normally ok with using them here too. So I found a recipe for a prawn and pepper pasta dish, printed off some ingredient list and went to Walmart.

Turns out Walmart doens't sell "double cream" or at least not under that name. I even asked a shelf stacking bod if they knew where the double cream was, and they had no idea what it was (last time I had to ask for help was to find out what whipped topping was and where I could find it - turns out it was cool-whip).

In the end I gave up and just bought a jar of alfredo sauce.

What is double cream called in the US? Is it half and half? If not, what is half an half then?

penguinsix

Half and half is single cream.

This might help

http://www.ochef.com/843.htm

Jerseygirl

Think it's called heavy or full cream.

Janek66

Heavy Whipping Cream is as close as you can get. Though it is not as thick as ours. Try looking for Creme Fraiche (but not in WalMart), it does the job and doesn't curdle if you happen to leave it for a minute or two.

NC Penguin

Have a look at this page of American to British cooking terms:

http://www.world-food-and-wine.com/a...ing-terms.html
If necessary, use the Find function in your web browser to search for a specific British ingredient's American name.

Bob

heavy whipping cream would be what your after.

check out allrecipes.com it can give you equivalents...though I prefer .co.uk as it sometimes has some other fun finds.

wtkp0u

There is no such thing here
Heavy whipping cream is not it

Bill_S

A good thing, too. Americans are fat enough already.

Janek66

Ahhh biut that's caused by doritos and cheeze wiz, not to mention a big mac and diet soda

The Horticulturalist

I've used heavy cream or whipping cream in the place of double cream and it's worked ok - so far.
The lack of decent dairy products here is a crime, maybe Obama can add that to the list of things he's going to fix.

effi

Heavy whipping cream as others have said, I use it all the time and have not had any complaints and have been cooking for over 40 years.

wtkp0u

According to The nutritional composition of dairy products published by the UK Dairy Council - http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=197 - double cream has 53.7g fat per 100g compared to a mere (or even trifling) 40.3g per 100g in whipping cream. Don't even get me started on clotted cream...

Patrick Hasler

Really ........... Tastes like shit

Rete

Really? And when was the last time you tasted that???? Been eating in the Sugar House commissary again?

tamms_1965

Thanks for the insult. THe fattest folks I know are from northern England, though.