What's mildly irritating you today?

[Chocolatl]

Thanks for the pointer, Clod! I wonder if they'd have that at a natural foods store or if you have to order it online?

[Clodfobble]

Some do carry it, but it's a newish product so it's still on the rare side. Only way to know is to call them (the store I mean, not the manufacturer.)

[footfootfoot]

waiting waiting waiting...

[Chocolatl]

Whatcha waitin' on, foot?

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Cool Whip.

It's strawberry season -- the grocery store is full of ripe, luscious, ruby red strawberries from about 10 miles east of here. I was going to make strawberry shortcakes last night, but was very irritated to see that Cool Whip, which I distinctly remember as being a "non-dairy whipped topping" contained milk and cream. Turns out they added them to the recipe in 2010. Sigh.

Well, that's not good news to me. I've been using this on desserts when I need to serve to lactose intolerant people.

[DanaC]

Incidentally, that Lactofree range is very good. I use the lactofree milk so as to reduce the amount of lactose in my diet. I also sometimes get the lactofree cheeses and spreads.

The milk tastes pretty much identical to ordinary milk as far as I can tell. Likewise the cream and cream cheese spread. The block cheese I'm less happy with, tastes a bit too processed.

[Nirvana]

1 1/2inches of rain on frozen ground = ankle deep water mud.

[BigV]

water mud? I reckon that's better than, say, cow mud.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by DanaC

The block cheese I'm less happy with, tastes a bit too processed.

That's an odd product to sell, since the vast majority of hard cheeses are already lactose-free. Anything aged, like cheddar, gouda, parmesan, etc.

98% of the lactose is removed with the whey when it is strained, and the last 2% is converted during the fermentation process, so even a very soft cheese (i.e., no aging) will still only contain 2% of the lactose that a milk or cream product would.

[DanaC]

Apparently some cheddars can contain up to 10 percent the lactoseof full cream milk.

[Clodfobble]

It's true, just like "champagne" is supposed to be from France but it's not illegal to call other stuff champagne if you want to, there's no guarantee how a particular cheddar is made. Some cheese manufacturers try to bypass the less-profitable aging process by adding milk solids or other coagulating ingredients. I'm just saying, you're safe with anything that's been legitimately aged at least two years.

[DanaC]

Depending how severe the intolerance, I'd have thought.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It's true, just like "champagne" is supposed to be from France but it's not illegal to call other stuff champagne if you want to...

Actually it is in the EU. And via trade agreements in some other non-EU countries.

[Aliantha]

In Australia it's not called champagne either. It has to be referred to as sparkling white wine unless it really is from champagne, or whatever the requirement is for them to use that particular word.

[footfootfoot]

Next you're going to tell us that Maps of Tasmania are not printed on paper.