Cool Whip

For years I sneered at this artificial "dessert topping" (notice they don't dare refer to it as real whip cream). Instead I insisted on the home made stuff--just a little whipping cream and sugar wisked furiously--or at the very least a spray can of Ready-Whip. But recently I wound up trying Cool Whip, and suddenly I've wound up spooning on more than a few desserts: brownies, pudding, etc. I must admit that it's pretty delicious -- in an artificial sort of way, at least. Although I would unquestionably hate eating lowbrow immitation foods like this very often, Cool Whip is definitely something I must confess to loving. Not that my choice of dessert topping amounts to much of a headline, but with it being sacriledge to some foodies, I feel it's only right to stick up for decidedly un-foo foo cuisine now and then.

Comments

[Allan]

I don't see why you think it's right to stick up for something that's phony, probably unhealthy, more expensive, and inferior to the real thing just because your too lazy to spend 60 seconds whipping some cream in a bowl.

[Brian]

Fair enough. But what I was getting it was simply my surprise that to me Cool Whip tasted good. Because it is, like you say, phony and inferior, I naturally expected it to taste bad. But I liked it. I think that's the way it is with some artificial food. Obviously it's the exception to the rule, but htat's precicely what interests me about it. Guilty pleasure, you know?

[Allan]

I get your point. I guess you could say it's double-plus good.

[Rebecca]

Hey, we all have our guilty pleasures. But you know what I had the other night? Organic, natural whipped cream in an aerosol can. Very bizarre. Who knows, maybe next they'll have All Natural Cool Whip. You can have all natural nasty food, too.

[Valarie]

That is the oddest thing. What's next - organic, natural cheddar cheese in Cheetos? Would Cheetos still be flourescent then?

[lindsey]

is cool whip bad for you. would it like gain u weight? is it fattening? becuasei looked on the can and it said only i gram of fat but its too god and i dont believe it. is there something else in it that could make u gain weight?