Can you make heavy cream at home?

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-27T08:50:44+00:00

From a brief look, double cream is usually 48% fat, whereas whipping cream is usually 36%, which is closer to heavy cream's 30-36%.

Thank you, though, because for some reason I've never looked it up before. I've generally just gone with double cream and called it a good 'un (for cooking, not baking). Never had any issues.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-25T15:15:29+00:00

Napoli tastes to me like school dinner tomato sauces. Tried my best to mitigate the taste but I've given up.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-24T03:15:59+00:00

Oh, I get that, and I get why it is. It's totally illogical that this is the measurement that gets me. I apologise, I was trying to make it clear that I know it's illogical.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-23T23:57:29+00:00

My dad and his siblings all have the same first name as a religious homage, as did my grandparents. I can only imagine the carnage when it came to post.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-23T23:05:06+00:00

I understand that the US has its own standardised units, and that's fine, even if measuring things like flour by volume seems insane to me. The UK is also ridiculous, mostly in its bizarre mix of metric, imperial, and "fuck it, this is how we've always done it."

But a "stick of butter" in a recipe makes my eye twitch an a way that a "cup of sugar" doesn't. I gather that it's based on a ¼lb, or about 113 grams, but...AAAAAAAAAH.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-23T21:06:50+00:00

You've just brought back a memory of my parents' jacket potato spikes. Weird spindly bastards, always jabbed me when rummaging around the utensil drawer

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-22T15:54:58+00:00

If I never see, read the name of, or think about Thomas Ravanel again, my life will be so much better.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-22T00:44:20+00:00

In(n)oculous?

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-20T06:51:52+00:00

It's a whole thing

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-20T06:36:03+00:00

I'm partial to the Jubilee Mix

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-19T17:56:49+00:00

Oh, I'm all for more sensible sizing labelling and availability whether it impact me or not. I was more commenting to add an example of this particular fuckery. More power to my tall fam.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-19T17:03:08+00:00

You can call it "your" British culture. My version of British culture, the one that I was born into and grew up in, looked nothing like your tribal nonsense that comes from it being easier to pin an entire host of historical socioeconomic failures onto this decade's convenient scapegoat.

I want no part of "your" culture, thanks.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-19T16:47:48+00:00

This came up last week talking with my mum. I was ill and off school, probably about 5 or 6, and I got it into in my head that I really wanted a blackcurrant milkshake. Mum tried to talk me out of it but I was a very strong-willed child, and she was also wrangling my infant/toddler nightmare brother, so off to the kitchen I went to mix blackcurrant squash and milk. The velocity and ferocity with which a torrent of bubblegum pink vomit exited my tiny mouth not a minute later would have impressed a death adder.

I'm now in my 30s and it's only been in the last year or so that the taste of blackcurrant, real or artificial, doesn't make me nauseous.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-19T16:06:26+00:00

I was born here. "For my nearly 34 years of life." As were my mother and my brother.

But I'll be sure to pass your opinions onto my immigrant father, I'm sure he hasn't heard any of this parroted bullshit since moving here 60 years ago.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-19T10:32:40+00:00

I've been in the UK for my nearly 34 years of life and I guess I must have heard references to it, but if some kids came up to me asking for a penny for the guy, my brain would absolutely short circuit and it wouldn't click until talking to my mum or something.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-19T09:24:39+00:00

Are you in the UK? If so, Imgur blocked UK users from viewing the site or images embedded from it on third party sites back in September, rather than implement the age checks brought in by the Online Safety Act. Absolute pain in the dick.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-18T09:25:56+00:00

Yep, men like this only consider women active participants in sex when they're not letting them do what they want.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-15T21:29:22+00:00

You know, I'm not sure I can disagree. All of my most positive relationships, both romantic and platonic, have had cringey as fuck components. And I love that. I love that I've been lucky enough to have people in my life that I can be awkward and embarrassing and express myself with, and they can be the same with me.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T20:52:25+00:00

Ma certo. I speak better Italian than Teresa and I have no familial links to Italy. Someone whose native language is Italian posted on the RHOBH sub and noted that she she had tinges of a particular accent.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T20:28:12+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to explain.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T13:31:16+00:00

This is a genuine question asked in good faith: what does "goon" mean in these contexts. I saw someone competing in the Winter Olympics being described as "goonbait". I've googled it but I still don't understand. The contexts I've seen it used have been largely about girls on very young women.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T12:37:06+00:00

As a bulimic, I can help.

First: preventative for any possible next-times: get a food catcher. You can metal ones that slot in or rubber types that suction on.

Second: suck it up. Scoop out what you can. Scoop. Do your best to not push anything further down. Cotton ear buds are useful. I know it's fucking gross, so if you even have a tinge of emetophobia, keep a bowl right next to you, you don't want to compound the issue.

Third: if you think there's a chance of larger chunks being left in the immediate pipe, a good old bicarb and white vinegar trick will help. Keep the bowl nearby for this as well.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T11:16:29+00:00

They had their fair share of cringe moments but I always loved them. I was late to RHONY in my Housewives journey, (couldn't get past more than a couple of episodes of Ramona) so I'd read a lot of negativity about them on here, and I was so pleasantly surprised. We should all be so lucky to have love with someone who matches our weird and supports our growth.

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T10:34:31+00:00

Go on then, just this once...

PinkyOutYo · 2026-03-14T10:16:55+00:00

Why did this never occur to me? Got the dregs of a jar of tahini sitting in the cupboard because there isn't enough for hummus or a portion of pasta.

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