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on November 16, 2004

What is Half and Half?

Many American recipes use the term "half and half". What does this mean?

Christine from Sydney, Australia

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03/05/2010

Form Wikipedia: "The United States dairy product known as half and half is a mixture of one part milk to one part cream."
Definitions of cream: http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sauces_Condiments/CreamDefinitions.htm

08/02/2006

Half and half can usually be substituted with "Light Cream", "Coffee Cream", or "Table Cream". When I lived in Massachusetts I usually bought light cream for my coffee and it seemed like about the same thing as half and half.

By Marylou (Guest Post) 11/21/2004

It is a mixture of half whole milk and half cream.

By Lynne (Guest Post) 11/17/2004

Half and Half is a mixture of half milk and half cream.

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11/16/2004

It's a coffee cream of 1/2 cream and 1/2 milk. It's about 10% butterfat/milkfat, so not as thick as cereal cream which is about 18% I think.

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