... to lament that husband has bought Elmlea?

[ElinorRigby]

I put cream on the shopping list.

He bought Elmlea and told me, 'It's the only cream they had.'

I pointed out that although it might be in a pot like cream, it was not cream. And the information on the side described it as 'a blend of buttermilk and vegetable oil.'

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It's unlikely that they didn't have any cream, he just doesn't want to admit that he didn't read the packaging. I would send him to another shop for cream, or else no dinner for him, and he can have the orange squash with his lunch for a week.

Carbonara does not contain cream. Just make the carbonara without it. I don't like Elmlea either and would just forgo the cream rather than put a weird substitute in.

Cream in carbonara

(Joke btw, make it however you want)

Bleugh. MIL buys Elmlea as she believes it's healthier.

I like it! And it lasts longer than fresh cream.

YANBU. Vile stuff

I once had ice 'cream' made with Elmlea. It was not good.

Smarties - Satans own jizz hahahahahahaha - never going to look at Elmlea in the same light EVER again.... not that I have ever touched that poison anyway (and we know now why!)

Thanks for the laffs : )

My Italian friend makes carbonara with cream

Ahh, you've brought back memories of my grandparents bickering over the Elmlea and my (very partially sighted) grandmother explaining why it was not cream.

I was educated that day, although I don't like cream anyway

I can't taste the difference.

I think I am inclined to make carbonara without the cream now.

Do you think the shop will accept it as a return. Or does it count as 'fresh produce' which can only be taken back shortly after purchase?

Completely unacceptable. Right up there with 'D'H bringing back 'reduced fat' sour cream for my nachos.

My DP has done this too, I soon pointed out the error of his ways. He has told me numerous times that I can leave a list and he will do the shopping, but he hates shops so does it all very quickly and doesn't bother looking at what he is buying He has bought some not Parmesan recently too.

Oh it's GRIM!! Yeeuch! Def send him back for actual cream rather than that god-awful aberration!

Yes I would put cream in a carbonara mainly because I just love the stuff

My MIL does this regularly and wonders why it doesn't make a good cream coffee, each time it's explained but it happens again.

On further examination he has also not bought 5 little cartons of the pure orange juice we always get. He has bought 5 cartons of vile sweetened orange squash drink.

He's doing it on purpose. It's an ages-old tactic passed down from father to son. If you wife tries to rope you into helping with the housework or other domestic drudgery don't say no, that just leads to a fight. Do it, but do it badly enough that they'll give up on you and do it themselves in future.

Don't fall for it. Put a flea in his ear and send him back to the shop.

What is the point of Elmlea? No one seems to like it - is it supposed to be healthier? Or a "free from"?

organix my step dad is English and insists on having a Yorkshire pudding with his Christmas dinner. He lived in Australia for years, there are people in Perth that think that's what the English do! It only takes one person to misrepresent an entire nation!

I like Elmlea (or at least see no difference compared to cream). Which clearly puts me in a minority.

I'm confused, I thought carbonara was a cream sauce with bacon in, is that not correct?

Yanbu about the elmlea though

*On further examination he has also not bought 5 little cartons of the pure orange juice we always get. He has bought 5 cartons of vile sweetened orange squash drink.

He's doing it on purpose. It's an ages-old tactic passed down from father to son. If you wife tries to rope you into helping with the housework or other domestic drudgery don't say no, that just leads to a fight. Do it, but do it badly enough that they'll give up on you and do it themselves in future.*

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No, carbonara has no cream, it's eggs and Parmesan that make the creamy looking sauce.