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the diplomatic compromise between cream that quit and milk that overachieved
means A dairy product that is an equal blend of whole milk and light cream, commonly used to lighten coffee or enrich recipes.
from A plainspoken English compound that simply describes itself: two halves, one of milk and one of cream, in equal measure. The phrase 'half and half' has floated around the language for centuries to mean any fifty-fifty mixture — from blended beers to mingled liquids of all kinds — and the American dairy sense settled onto the shelf as commercial bottling made the precise blend a sellable thing. No exotic roots here, just arithmetic doing the talking.
- actual ratio
- Equal parts whole milk and light cream
- fat content
- Around 10 to 18 percent milkfat
- won't whip
- Too little fat to hold stiff peaks
- regional name
- Brits call the concept single cream