Recipe for "whipped-cream"

NAME

     WHIPPED-CREAM - A simple way to  make  whipped  cream  extra
     yummy
     There is almost no dessert that can't be improved by  adding
     a dollop of whipping cream.  Unfortunately, most people seem
     to be afraid of actually whipping the cream, so they buy the
     awful  stuff that comes in a pressurized can, or spend money
     on expensive devices to  inject  gas  into  the  cream.  (Or
     worse,  they  use Cool Whip.)  The truth is that making your
     own whipped cream is trivial, with the appropriate  mechani-
     cal aids.

INGREDIENTS (makes about 500 ml)

     1         blender or food processor
     125 ml    whipping cream
     10 ml     vanilla sugar (or  use  white  sugar  and  2.5  ml
               vanilla extract)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Shake the carton of whipping cream well, and  pour
               it into the blender or food processor.
          (2)  Add the vanilla sugar (see below if you don't know
               what vanilla sugar is.)
          (3)  Whip the cream in the machine. If it's a food pro-
               cessor,   leave  the  pushing  device  out;  if  a
               blender, remove the center of  the  lid,  or  just
               cover the top of the jar with your hand. The trick
               is to allow lots of air into the cream.   Run  the
               machine  for  no more than five seconds at a time,
               to avoid making butter.  The cream is done when it
               holds a peak.

NOTES

     If you don't know what vanilla sugar  is,  don't  panic.  My
     mother  makes  this variation in a separate sugar container;
     fill the container with sugar, add a vanilla bean, and wait.
     After a week or two, the sugar will take on the vanilla fla-
     vor. Use this sugar whenever a recipe calls  for  sugar  and
     vanilla extract; just remember to keep the container full.
     If you don't have vanilla sugar around,  use  regular  sugar
     and vanilla extract for the cream.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 1 minute.  Precision:  no  need  to
     measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Chris Kent
     Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University
     cak@purdue.EDU {ihnp4,decwrl,decvax}!purdue!cak