Boston area in grip of whipped-cream shortage

...has a high-speed mixer. And not everyone wants/needs that much whipped cream all at once. The cans solve both problems.

"When a problem comes along...you must whip it!
Before the cream sits out too long...you must whip it!"

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Use that! Do you have a stand mixer? All the better, but keep an eye on it or you'll get butter (which I hear is plentiful at Market Basket this holiday season).

Also, it won't taste like a chemical plant in Yazoo City,

Well oh la la. Next you're going to tell me there's a superior product for cheese and crackers--better than my cheese in a can--that can be prepared using a knife and a plate.

Do they have sugar and heavy whipping cream?

And do you own a bowl and a whisk?

Then they still have whipped cream.

2 tbsp of sugar in a cold bowl. Add 1 cup of the cream. Whip until the peaks stiffen.

When somebody asks where the nearest Dunkies is, do you tell them how to grind their own coffee?

When somebody asks where to grab a burger, do you tell them how to grind their own beef?

When somebody asks where the bread aisle is, do you tell them to make it themselves?

There are prepared foods, and there are from-scratch foods, and there are different situations when different people find either category to be appropriate.

But giving the answer to a question that nobody asked is never helpful.

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Euro is cheap.

Granted, come January Donald will put a 35% tax on it for shipping jobs overseas right after tweeting that they are going to lose their contract to supply the white house kitchen and all Trump hotels.

You should sell it on Ebay!

Shutdown of a supplemental facility in Canada
http://www.papc.net/specials/34/reddiwip_shortage

Well remember that many of the seasonal foods we eat are ordered and made months before the holiday. This is why we see Halloween candy in August (as Adam so does love to post about). This could just be a break in the supply chain from months ago. (since production could have slowed down since the plant was not totally shut down)

10 days isn't that long of a break, but enough time to show where production slowed down. Plus with the big rush on whipped cream for desserts around this time of year (between thanksgiving and xmas), it's not hard to believe stock was dwindled some.

Plus this stuff lasts forever.. the can I have I bought in early Nov when I made a pie. I think it expires in late March.

not on the south boston waterfront you're not!

As Airgas has built its supply back up, the priority has been on meeting the needs of its medical customers, not food manufacturers.

- From the Tribune Article

Wouldn't the responsible thing be to buy local and use Fluff instead? (Or, you know, do the whisk thing).