Quick question for Americans!

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  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I put milk in my coffee. If I request cream then that is exactly what I get. Usually my husband gets cream in my coffee and it is so darn good! For me it's a treat.
  • RushBabe214
    RushBabe214 Posts: 469 Member
    Jam and jelly are not the same thing.

    ^^This. As a home canner, there is a distinct difference between jams, jellies, and preserves.

    As to the cream in coffee question, cream refers to half & half, typically. If you want skim or whole milk, then you need to specifically ask for that.

    The powdered crap and "creamer" glop is not cream, at least not in my universe. That stuff is gross!
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
    Where I am

    cilantro is green leaves fresh

    coriander is the dried powdered seeds
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    Cream means cream, (not whipped cream though)...and not milk either.
  • EuroReady
    EuroReady Posts: 199 Member
    I am American. Milk is milk, cream is cream, creamer is creamer, and coffee is black unless I specify otherwise. Maybe its not an 'American' thing but a regional thing?

    Also, jam and jelly are different to me but many people use them interchangeably. It's a pet peeve of mine.
  • impyimpyaj
    impyimpyaj Posts: 1,073 Member
    I drink actual heavy whipping cream (not whipped) in my coffee. I didn't always. I used to drink flavored non-dairy creamer. I think most Americans mean the non-dairy creamer.
  • amuhlou
    amuhlou Posts: 693 Member
    It's a loose term for anything that gives your coffee a 'creamy' appearance. Though I normally call it 'creamer'
  • emily2tx
    emily2tx Posts: 77
    Where I am

    cilantro is green leaves fresh

    coriander is the dried powdered seeds

    YES, this! Are you from the South too?
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    All of the above and it may even depend on the part of the country you are in. :wink:

    So true! Just like some of us say pop and some of us say soda. And some say "coke" when they mean any soda. This is a big country so you really can't lump us all together when it comes to language. Plus, there are several different types of cream here.. Light cream, heavy cream, whipping cream, half & half, fat free half & half. Most places will put half & half in coffee if you order it "with cream" but some will use light cream, you just never know.

    Personally, I like my coffee with skim milk if I can get it, especially in iced coffee. But if I'm in a diner, I'll add one of those little cream cups you get with hot coffee.
  • tdmcmains
    tdmcmains Posts: 227 Member
    I have no idea who or where these folks are that think milk and cream are the same thing. If I am ordering a coffee, I ask for milk when I want milk and cream when I want cream (which is not whipped cream, just cream).

    Also, jam and jelly are not the same thing and coriander is the seed of the cilantro plant.

    I am in Massachusetts, maybe the rest of the US is... umm... different.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    I thought half-and-half was about the percentage fat of a milk, somewhere between full and skimmed.

    nope, it is half light cream, and half whole milk.

    the progression is:

    heavy cream (not common for beverages)
    light cream (standard cream in any dunkin donuts or tim hortons and such)
    half and half (most often served in little single portion containers, also in pint and quart cartons at the grocery store)
    whole milk (5% milkfat)
    2% milk
    1% milk
    skim milk

    there is also non-dairy liquid creamer that comes in regular, fat free, and about a hundred flavors....
    and then there is non dairy powdered creamer, which is just gross, but I guess it is a necessary evil for those who need a non refrigerated product and/or are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy.


    I worked in the coffee shop/breakfast restaurant industry for 15 years, before I went into banking and finance, I know/used and ordered all these supplied for many companies.
    :drinker: <---coffee with skim milk..lol
  • hddeuce1966
    hddeuce1966 Posts: 104
    It's generally shorthand for anything that's used as a lightener in the coffee. I used to work in coffee shops and a request for cream had to be followed up with the question, "What kind?"

    And it's funny, your point about jam vs. jelly has been the source of many arguments between my boyfriend and myself. I'll say something like, "Do you want jelly on your toast?" and he'll respond, "Eew, no, I want jam." At which point my head starts spinning around and I start shooting blood out of my ears and screaming, "THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING AND YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. DO YOU WANT A CONCOCTION OF CANNED BOILED FRUIT PRESERVED WITH SUGAR SMEARED ON YOUR TOASTED BREAD OR NOT?" Seriously, I can't tell the difference; does it really matter? :laugh:

    My husband will only eat jelly, while I prefer preserves. We fight about it too!
  • lionskitty
    lionskitty Posts: 72 Member
    (atleast in Canada, where I'm pretty sure dairy standards are the same)

    Milk comes in 0%, 1%, 2% and whole(3.25%?) the little things they give you for your coffee when you ask for milk are usually the 2% variety.

    Cream for coffee is usually 10%MF cream for whipping is 35%MF so is it cream? Yes, but there are different MF(Milk fat) levels.

    If they give you the little plastic creamers seperate, they should have the fat% printed on them.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    If I ask for cream I expect to get cream, or possibly half-and-half. If they gave me coffee with milk I'd send it back.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    It means anything other than black. So "cream" can cover fat free skim milk all the way up to half and half which is practically cream.

    ^^^ This... oh and here jelly and jam are not the same thing... jam has fruit bits in it (much like preserves), jelly is more like geletin that you spread onto your toast/bread/etc.

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