maybe half cream is what we call here as half n half, then the single cream is light cream, double cream is heavy cream, and then I don't know what your equivalent to our whipping cream.

Anyway, I have been making my mashed potatoes by sort of half-boiling half-steaming them (by adding water to reach just half of the height of potatoes- turo ng nanay ko for potato salads). Then I add butter first to let it melt while potatoes are super hot then I use the beaters not running just to break them up into smalled pieces. Saka ko lang add yung half-n-half and beat on lowest speed of hand mixer to make it fluffy and light and creamy. Konting salt and pepper (usually white) tapos kanya-kanya na kami ng timpla sa plato.
Manang | Homepage | 28.Jan.05 - 7:42 pm | #

hi rowena, wow 5 kilos! That's a lot. Yeah do mash, colcannon, rostis, baked potatoes, scalloped potatoes ... variations are endless.
celiaK | Homepage | 13.Jan.05 - 11:19 am | #

hi Toni,
Single cream is also known as just 'cream'. I guess it was called that as opposed to double cream, clotted cream, or whipping cream. The main difference is in the butterfat content - the whipping and clotted cream being on the higher end while the single cream and half cream on the lower end. I think the canned Nestle cream is classified as sterilised cream? Not sure but maybe I can check on the tin later.
Here is an informative site on the subject: http://www.dairytraining.org.uk/...oduct- cream.htm
celiaK | Homepage | 13.Jan.05 - 11:17 am | #

Yum! Great idea....I just bought about 5 kilos of potatoes that were on sale without giving a thought as to what I would do with all of them!! Mashers and braised hasenfeffer sound good just about now
rowena | 13.Jan.05 - 10:02 am | #

Hi! What is single cream?
toni | Homepage | 13.Jan.05 - 5:30 am | #

Is it colored yellow? If not puede na rin siguro pareho naman siyang beans. Hehehe!
celiaK | Homepage | 10.Jan.05 - 9:15 pm | #

chef ck! a new twist to a tried and true dish...that's one of the great benefits of blogvisiting. my kids are "mash-heads" too + i just bought a 5-lb bag of Idaho spuds (.99 cents lang!)= poifect for tonight...(i'm doing math na rin!) i want to try that brisket too.
(btw, yellow bean sauce=ground bean sauce--for praised braised wings?)
stel | Homepage | 10.Jan.05 - 6:26 pm | #