Should Cream Really Be Clotted?

[Nicole L.]

Another oopsie.  I'm going to bed now, I promise.  :)

--- "Nicole L." <nplyon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:43:04 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Nicole L." <nplyon at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 765
> To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
> 
> > The joke in the West Country (the district where
> the
> > process was 
> > invented) is that clotted cream is made by
> > persuading the cow to jump 
> > up and down to 'clot' (thicken) its milk.
> > 
> > But in real life, you can feel safe about clotted
> > cream. It's not 
> > clotted *with* anything - instead you scald the
> milk
> > at 182 
> > Farenheit, removing a lot of the water content,
> then
> > allow it to cool 
> > overnight in a nice sterile dairy. 
> > 
> > The cream is then skimmed off - since most of its
> > water content has 
> > been removed by the scalding it is incredibly
> thick
> > (in British West 
> > Country dialect 'clotted'). If you like cream, you
> > will adore clotted 
> > cream.
> 
> This will sound strange coming from the land of the
> fast food restaurants but I don't like cream.  It's
> much too rich for me.  This may be because I am so
> accustomed to drinking skim milk that anything that
> has any milk fat in it just seems far too creamy for
> me.  If I ever visit the U.K., though, I think I'll
> try it because I've always been curious about it.
> 
> > 
> > And yes, we do know about cottage cheese. It comes
> > with limp lettuce 
> > and a carrot stick, to be eaten while on a
> > diet.[grin]
> 
> Only if it's low fat or fat free.  :)  I love the
> U.S.
>  You can buy cookies, pizza, cheese, pretty much
> anything that's usually bad for you in "reduced" fat
> or "fat free" form.  Does this exist anywhere else
> in
> the world?  I live on low fat and fat free food and
> diet pop (soda for anyone who lives outside of the
> Midwestern U.S.) so I don't think I could function
> in
> Europe.  Diet Coke is a regular part of my diet and
> the last time I was in Europe Coke was about as
> expensive as alcoholic beverages are here. 
> Sometimes
> my grocery store has pop on sale for $2 a twelve
> pack
> so that's what, about 25 cents a can?  Yep, pop is
> cheaper than bottled water here. 
> 
> ~Nicole, who can't imagine a world without Diet
> Coke,
> Pepsi One, Diet Sprite...
> 
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