What is half & half?

[Bertha Venation]

Referring to the milk-type substance frequently used as cream in coffee.

[Bertha Venation]

the reason I ask will be revealed . . .

just want to know what others think it is.

[all.of.me]

1. i want to change my vote from 'other'!

i am out of half and half, so my coffee is not working this morning!

of course half and half is half cream, half whole milk! i know that! i use nothing else! my kids drink it like milk!

oh god, i hope the whole day will not be like this!!!

[Blue-Jay]

2. I like my coffee black, so I never thought about it.

[Bertha Venation]

4. heh-heh . . . "squirrel."

gets me every time :bounce:

[Freebird12004]

3. "Whole Milk Mixed With Cream"

:donut:

[randr]

5. Half & Half is a registered daily product process

Years ago there was a brand "Half & Half". A I recall the National Dairy Council, or some such corporate front, bought the trade mark and began to market a newly developed "product" under that name.
Have you ever wondered where the expired dated dairy products go?
They are sent back to the milk refineries where a minimum amount of dairy fat is added and then irradiated to kill existing bacteria. They are then sent back out on the market with the new label, Half & Half.
Ever wonder why the expiration of H&H is rarely more than a week? Check out the expiration of real cream as a comparison. You will be shocked.

[progmom]

7. If this is true, well...

...I sure am glad I drink my coffee black!!!

[Bertha Venation]

9. do you have a link to verifiable info about this?

[randr]

13. No, but I am sure one could be found

I just recall this from an article in a health journal back in the 80's or so when it took place.

[Earth_First]

6. Half Guinness Half Bass

...the only half/half I'm interested in.

[Bridget Burke]

14. Sometimes called a "Black & Tan"

But some bars frown on that particular phrase...

[WoodrowFan]

8. isn't it a combo of sex acts??

Matcom would know.

[noonwitch]

17. It's a bj followed by coitus, according to a book I read once

"Masquerade", a true crime story about a prostitute, her pimp and the shrink they killed and dismembered.

I guess the price depends on how much the working girl needs a fix.

[liberalpress]

10. What is half-and-half?

.. fifty bucks depending on the woman and the part of town

[phaseolus]

11. it's defined by federal law

quote from 21 CFR

Sec. 131.180 Half-and-half.

(a) Description. Half-and-half is the food consisting of a mixture
of milk and cream which contains not less than 10.5 percent but less
than 18 percent milkfat. It is pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized, and may
be homogenized.
(b) Optional ingredients. The following safe and suitable optional
ingredients may be used:
(1) Emulsifiers.
(2) Stabilizers.
(3) Nutritive sweeteners.
(4) Characterizing flavoring ingredients (with or without coloring)
as follows:
(i) Fruit and fruit juice (including concentrated fruit and fruit
juice).
(ii) Natural and artificial food flavoring.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=21&PART=131&SECTION=180&YEAR=2000&TYPE=TEXT

yes, phaseolus is a food & dairy industry geek.

[Bertha Venation]

12. Why, thank you, phaseolus!

Wow. I work in D.C., yet even I didn't imagine that half & half would be defined by federal law. Go figure.

Thanks!

[edbermac]

15. Well I'm eating 2 packs of oatmeal this morning...

Half is Apples & Cinnamon and the other half is Maple & Brown Sugar...

[GiovanniC]

16. When I Asked My Girlfriend, She Hit Me

Thanks a lot.

[Bertha Venation]

18. Here is the reason I asked.

This morning I asked the cashier at the cafeteria downstairs to sell me a cup of half & half. (Having some half & half on hand upstairs and using it in the coffee the firm provides is a lot cheaper than buying coffee downstairs every morning.) She said, "just take a cup, it's okay."

I'm filling the cup from the decanter and I notice it looks awfully thin. So I pour a little from the skim milk decanter, thinking they've just been switched, but that looks even thinner. I go to the cashier and tell her that both decanters seem to contain skim milk.

She told me, "oh, no, we were out of half & half so we had to make some out of regular milk and skim milk."

[arwalden]

19. I Think I've Met Her Before...

... she's the same gal that used to work at Burger King.

When I ordered a Whopper with no onions, she replied "I'm sorry sir, we're all out of onions, you'll have to have your Whopper without something else."

-- Allen

[Bertha Venation]

20. NO!

OMFG. :eyes: LOLOL