How to serve homemade whipcream?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes bowl with a spoon is fine. In my family since there are often a lot of people we usually take orders for pjs, one of the kids takes orders which they love and tally it up on a sheet. The order includes whether you want whipped cream and then we just add it on while serving and deliver.

There are whipped cream canisters you can buy to put your homemade whipped cream in. My parents have it but it’s definitely not necessary!

What are pjs?

Assuming you don’t put whipped cream on pajamas. Not judging if you do.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should add gelatin to stabilize it unless you're sure they're going to eat it right away

Serve it from a canister dispenser (canister, cartridge, whippits)

We just make it fresh at pie time, have never used gelatin. It takes less than 5 min to make

I've never used gelatin either. I make it in the morning. It lasts 2-3 days.

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[Anonymous]

I usually make it and put in a glass bowl, covered with plastic wrap in the fridge. When serving, I put a slightly larger bowl with ice and rest the glass bowl on the ice. I've found that when the room gets warm from many people, warm food, later, coffee, tea, etc, that the whipped cream can soften. This helps the cream keep the stiff peaks until I put it back in the fridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should add gelatin to stabilize it unless you're sure they're going to eat it right away

Serve it from a canister dispenser (canister, cartridge, whippits)

We just make it fresh at pie time, have never used gelatin. It takes less than 5 min to make

I've never used gelatin either. I make it in the morning. It lasts 2-3 days.

Agree. It never is around after more than 1-2 days though

[Anonymous]

If I made it six hours in advance and put it in the fridge, pretty sure it would be discovered and ‘disappeared’ 5 hours and 45 minutes in advance!

[Anonymous]

OP here and thanks all - Great advice from the DCUM community 😊

I beat the whipped cream as the very last thing before guests arrived, put it in a nice bowl, covered it with Saran Wrap, and put it in the refrigerator (no gelatin). 3 or 4 hours later, I put it out with the desserts, with a spoon, and it worked perfectly! There was very little leftover, which I'm sure was either eaten in the middle of the night (older teens), or will be eaten today.

Good luck with your shopping!

[Anonymous]

Thought I’d add: I was flipping through an Ina Garten cookbook in her notes it said add 2 tablespoons creme fraiche to the whipped cream for stability. I’d try that because it would lend a nice subtle flavor too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes bowl with a spoon is fine. In my family since there are often a lot of people we usually take orders for pjs, one of the kids takes orders which they love and tally it up on a sheet. The order includes whether you want whipped cream and then we just add it on while serving and deliver.

There are whipped cream canisters you can buy to put your homemade whipped cream in. My parents have it but it’s definitely not necessary!

What are pjs?

Assuming you don’t put whipped cream on pajamas. Not judging if you do.

🥧

NP. Still not clear on what “PJ” refers to in this context.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes bowl with a spoon is fine. In my family since there are often a lot of people we usually take orders for pjs, one of the kids takes orders which they love and tally it up on a sheet. The order includes whether you want whipped cream and then we just add it on while serving and deliver.

There are whipped cream canisters you can buy to put your homemade whipped cream in. My parents have it but it’s definitely not necessary!

What are pjs?

Assuming you don’t put whipped cream on pajamas. Not judging if you do.

🥧

NP. Still not clear on what “PJ” refers to in this context.

PP typed pjs instead of pies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should add gelatin to stabilize it unless you're sure they're going to eat it right away

Serve it from a canister dispenser (canister, cartridge, whippits)

Only if your guests are not vegetarian.

And usually it takes more than a day for things to start separating anyway. I've never had a need to use gelatin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here and thanks all - Great advice from the DCUM community 😊

I beat the whipped cream as the very last thing before guests arrived, put it in a nice bowl, covered it with Saran Wrap, and put it in the refrigerator (no gelatin). 3 or 4 hours later, I put it out with the desserts, with a spoon, and it worked perfectly! There was very little leftover, which I'm sure was either eaten in the middle of the night (older teens), or will be eaten today.

Good luck with your shopping!

Nice! Fresh whipped cream is so easy and yet always seems to impress guests. And I also have a teen who will eat it by itself. Ah to be young with a great metabolism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thought I’d add: I was flipping through an Ina Garten cookbook in her notes it said add 2 tablespoons creme fraiche to the whipped cream for stability. I’d try that because it would lend a nice subtle flavor too!

I'm a little more downmarket than that, so I tend to use a little bit of cream cheese to keep it stable if I need a firmer consistency or hold for a longer period of time. Although at Thanksgiving we just keep a can of Reddi-Whip on the table for those who want it.