cooking with cream

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veronicastelo
veronicastelo Posts: 29
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When you cook with cream and you let it reduce to half its amount is it still the same amount in calories as the full amount? I heard that when you boil milk your cooking off some of the fat that's why it's not as creamy as cold milk. I was wondering if the same applies with cream or if it's just a myth.

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  • TropicalKitty
    TropicalKitty Posts: 2,298 Member
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    Hmmm...none of that really makes sense to me. The heat is going to make the fat essentially melt, as in become more liquidy.

    As far as reduce calories, that doesn't make sense either. I can't even think of a possible explanation for that happening.
  • monocot
    monocot Posts: 475 Member
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    Myth. Just Full of all the calories. Just makes it more creamy and flavor stand out more
  • Bookwormdee
    Bookwormdee Posts: 30 Member
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    myth. you are only cooking off the water. the fat content stays the same.
  • Shluke206
    Shluke206 Posts: 22 Member
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    Yeah, that sounds like a myth. Water boils off reducing it but I think the calories stay the same.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
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    Same calories. Someone once told me melted cheese has more calories than cold cheese, too "because it develops grease"
    . I told her to get lost. lol
  • veronicastelo
    veronicastelo Posts: 29
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    thanks for setting me straight!!!

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