Maxwell 29: You Can Leave Your Vest On, Second Verse Same as the First

[JermajestyDuggar]

Of course I prefer homemade whipped cream. But if cool whip is all that’s offered, I will very happily plop a huge dollop of it on my pie. 

[PennySycamore]

Cool Whip does have its place, but it does seem a damn shame to use it and not real heavy (whipping) cream in chocolate mousse.  

I think a container of Cool Whip was used in the famous Weight Watchers One-Point lime chiffon pie along with  small lime yoghurt, a box of lime jello, and a graham cracker crust.  I have't made it for years, but I think you combined the dissolved jello in the yoghurt, folded in the Cool Whip and poured the whole thing into the crust.  You let it set in the fridge for a couple of hours and then you ate a slice.  

[JermajestyDuggar]

1 minute ago, PennySycamore said:

Cool Whip does have its place, but it does seem a damn shame to use it and not real heavy (whipping) cream in chocolate mousse.  

I think a container of Cool Whip was used in the famous Weight Watchers One-Point lime chiffon pie along with  small lime yoghurt, a box of lime jello, and a graham cracker crust.  I have't made it for years, but I think you combined the dissolved jello in the yoghurt, folded in the Cool Whip and poured the whole thing into the crust.  You let it set in the fridge for a couple of hours and then you ate a slice.  

I’m currently doing weight watchers and they still have recipes like that! Lol. I don’t make that kind of stuff but if others like it, then more power to them. 

[PennySycamore]

@JermajestyDuggar,  I'm thinking about doing Weight Watchers again because I do need to lose weight.  I lost on the program they had in the early Aughts, but when I tried the program a couple of years ago for a few months (4 months at least), I lost one pound.  I wasn't cheating a lot either.  I sold or gave away* my tracker to @Mela99 because she'd get more use out of it.  

*I think I gave it to her, but I'm not sure.  

[catlady]

4 hours ago, IReallyAmHopewell said:

The One In Which They Ruin Chocolate Mousse

Cool Whip????? Oh Hell No!! It's REAL whipping cream or don't make it. We have this every Christmas for dessert--eggs, butter, cream, chocolate!

Would you be willing to share the recipe?

[JermajestyDuggar]

14 minutes ago, PennySycamore said:

@JermajestyDuggar,  I'm thinking about doing Weight Watchers again because I do need to lose weight.  I lost on the program they had in the early Aughts, but when I tried the program a couple of years ago for a few months (4 months at least), I lost one pound.  I wasn't cheating a lot either.  I sold or gave away* my tracker to @Mela99 because she'd get more use out of it.  

*I think I gave it to her, but I'm not sure.  

Their tracker is now an app. I find it very easy since my phone is usually nearby. I never ever would have done this program before the app. I’m a true millennial like that ?

[Lisafer]

2 hours ago, HereticHick said:

[quiet voice] if you hand me Cool Whip, I will eat it. No shame.

I'll eat it too...plain. With a spoon. All nice and soft from the fridge. 

I love real whipped cream too, but it's much fattier and gives me indigestion if I overdo it! 

[IReallyAmHopewell]

2 hours ago, HereticHick said:

[quiet voice] if you hand me Cool Whip, I will eat it. No shame.

I'm fine with Cool Whip--but not in Chocolate Mousse made with real eggs, real butter and good chocolate. In my kids favorite Chocolate Mocha Desert Cool Whip is mandatory. Not a snob--just in one dessert!

44 minutes ago, catlady said:

Would you be willing to share the recipe?

Yes but not till later--its at home.

[Dru]

2 hours ago, HereticHick said:

[quiet voice] if you hand me Cool Whip, I will eat it. No shame.

I used to like it when I was younger but it tastes oily to me now.

[Tatar-tot]

I think that Cool Whip is just NASTY.  I don’t get the attraction.  

[Margarita]

I accept cool whip for what it is - a once a year chemical treat to top my pumpkin pie ?

[freejugar]

cool whip instead of whipped cream, cake mix instead of homemade, the Maxwells are simply shitty homemakers!

[Lisafer]

3 minutes ago, freejugar said:

cool whip instead of whipped cream, cake mix instead of homemade, the Maxwells are simply shitty homemakers!

Hey hey hey, I use Betty Crocker Super Moist for all my cake-baking needs! I also do awful things like make Jello salads with buttermilk and Cool Whip!

Of course, I never claimed to be a "good" homemaker. Us heathen working women have to cut corners somewhere...?

[JermajestyDuggar]

Cake mix isn’t all that different from making a cake from scratch. Depending on the brand of cake mix and how well you make it, often people can’t tell a difference (taste wise).

Now pre-made icing is completely different from homemade. I will say that. 

[nelliebelle1197]

15 minutes ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

Cake mix isn’t all that different from making a cake from scratch. Depending on the brand of cake mix and how well you make it, often people can’t tell a difference (taste wise).

Now pre-made icing is completely different from homemade. I will say that. 

I can totally tell the difference between the two. I admit I make killer cakes every week but even before I got into that I could tell. There is a difference just because of the science in mixing and the real butter, etc.

[ViolaSebastian]

I'm trying 21 Day Fix, which involves containers and portion counting, and honestly it's confusing so far. My mother was always a die-hard Weight Watchers woman and lost 60 pounds on it when I was a teenager. I can't bring myself to join Weight Watchers because I grew up on the recipes and I just can't go back to that.

I'll take either Cool Whip or Whip Cream; I'm a toppings slut like that.

[SilverBeach]

18 minutes ago, nelliebelle1197 said:

I can totally tell the difference between the two. I admit I make killer cakes every week but even before I got into that I could tell. There is a difference just because of the science in mixing and the real butter, etc.

Yep. The texture is different, and there is no substitute for real butter. My scratch made pound cake doesn't look or taste anything like storebought. Quality flavorings and spices make a difference too. And I like cool whip, whipped cream breaks down fast, although adding a little cream of tartar helps with that. I'm having pie and cool whip tonight, extra creamy. I have found some canned frostings to be fine, but I don't really care for frosting. Good, moist cake doesn't need it. My sweet tooth is starting to ache.

[Lisafer]

31 minutes ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

Cake mix isn’t all that different from making a cake from scratch. Depending on the brand of cake mix and how well you make it, often people can’t tell a difference (taste wise).

Now pre-made icing is completely different from homemade. I will say that. 

Is there a good way to make homemade icing without powdered sugar? I find the taste absolutely vile, no matter what I do...yet every recipe seems to call for the stuff.

[JermajestyDuggar]

You can definitely use butter with cake mixes  you don’t always have to follow the box directions. I fuck with box mix directions all the time.

[SilverBeach]

4 minutes ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

You can definitely use butter with cake mixes  you don’t always have to follow the box directions. I fuck with box mixes all the time.

Of course I know that, then it will be more like from scratch. I too use customized box mixes sometimes, but that's not the same as a straight box cake. Scratch cake batter is much thicker and the texture is better, to me. Not as wimpy. I'm not a cool whip snob but I am a bit of a cake snob.

[Lisafer]

I'm laughing because we have self-confessed cake snobs and toppings sluts in this thread! I'm no cake snob myself. As long as it's not dry, I'll eat whatever cake is put in front of me. And if it is dry, well, I can put some Cool Whip on it...

[browngrl]

Of the two, I find Teri to be more infuriating than Steve - which is saying something. 

For example the birthday Mousse post. Now, I'm not a food snob. I'll happily eat Cool Whip and box mix cake. However, real whip cream and homemade cake is far better. Her son asks for the same damn thing each year. Is it such a big deal to make his favourite desert using the best ingredients possible ONE DAY of the year? Especially since one of her daughters will likely do all the work. I make more of an effort for a regular weekday meal than Teri does for a birthday celebration. Maybe that's the point. No one has forced me into a life I could not handle which subsequently left me seething with resentment. It  is not a big deal for me to make a nice dessert, but it might be for Teri.

[Captain Obvious]

6 hours ago, freejugar said:

cool whip instead of whipped cream, cake mix instead of homemade, the Maxwells are simply shitty homemakers!

They’re inconsistent homemakers, more like. I’m sure their house is real-estate-inspection-clean all the time, plus laundry and ironing all perfect. And they do cook mostly rather than relying on take-away or ready-meals. 

The cooking’s all over the place though. They make fresh bread, tortillas and pie crusts from scratch, and have specialist equipment like Anna’s smoker and Mexican disco thing. But then they go and make smoked meatballs but with plain brown gravy, sauces with no spices, casseroles with random processed leftovers and now this.

To me it seems that these recipes became established in their family at a time when Teri was too frazzled to do anything and so they developed a preference for easy, processed things and bland child-friendly flavours (I’m betting the latter are Steve’s preference - better not let taste become an idol!).

As the girls have grown they’ve developed some skills - but not in any area that would take them away from whitebread and bland and The Stuff They’ve Always Made. Can’t have anything changing. That would be terrifying. 

[terranova]

I've never hear of Cool Whip, but that sounds like the budget kind of pudding common in the 1980s. Poor Nathan is probably stuck requesting it every year so as not to offend his Mother.

[JillyO]

I used to think homemade chocolate mousse was difficult to make, but it's literally SO easy.

Ingredients (about 6 servings):

• 3 eggs
• 400ml or 13.5 oz heavy cream
• 200g or roughly 1 1/8 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt chocolate. Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until stiff. Whip cream until stiff. Beat egg yolks until they're foamy, then add the melted chocolate and combine. Add one tablespoon each of the egg whites and cream to the yolk/chocolate and mix with hand mixer. Then add the remaining egg whites and cream and gently fold in with a spoon. It's important not to use the mixer for this last step or you'll lose all the air, which gives the mousse it's texture.

Chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours for perfect mousse consistency. Enjoy!