... 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.'

It is cream in the same way UHT milk is milk....

He's not usually this bad.

Just sometimes he is totally 'elsewhere'. Probably he is thinking about the General Election...

Tastes OK to me. I always keep a tub in the cupboard for emergencies.

Wrong, I think you are wrong! UHT is just heat treated milk. Emelea is not actually originally cream!

It's disgusting and it makes me so angry they can use such misleading packaging.

It's made of buttermilk, vegetable oil and a load of shite.

It's fucking disgusting.

You learn something new everyday. I thought it was cream but as I hate cream with a passion I've never tried it.

I'm gonna hold my hands up and say I didn't realise elmlea wasn't cream.

Will now make it a mission to have proper cream!

Good tactic for getting out of doing the shopping in future?

My dh once swore blind that our local huge Asda did not have any loo cleaner of any description. No Harpic or Toilet Duck or anything else. He bought Flash instead.

In his case it was not a Cunning Tactic. He just didn't look properly - same as at home - incapable of seeing anything that's not right under his nose. Nowadays if he can't find something in shops immediately, he asks an assistant. Preferable to getting a bollocking back at home.

I once put butter on a shopping list and was brought Utterly Butterly.

We are divorcing now.

Mum used to buy St Ivel Gold-it's like engine-grease!

Mine did that too once. I put him straight.

Horrible, greasy stuff. My DH once came back with some. I went without cream until it was used up.

God, I read that as 'bought Eritrea'.

That really would make for odd carbonara.

Oh God - that stuffs just greasy oily filth.

Pour it down the drain -DON'T put it in coffee whatever you do!

JUST DON'T!

Many years ago I made this mistake.

Never again. Elmlea is vile.

Definitely not cream.

I once put butter on a shopping list and was brought Utterly Butterly

This happened to me, Manead.

I forgive him - but he is on borrowed time. If it happens again . . .

Euurghhh it's so gross DP always buys it. Any 'dairy' product that lasts that long shouldn't be eaten imo. His family use it too so I always have to have dessert without cream at theirs as I can't stomach it. Send him back out for what you asked for OP.

I have just had a video ad come up on my FB for Iceland for a live cook along, the recipe states double cream but there are two pots of Elmlea on the table not envy

I did not know that Elmlea isn't cream. My dad likes it so he buys it. We never buy or eat cream except for at Christmas and I always buy double cream.

DP did this - on purpose (no shopping list, he just wanted elmlea for some unknown reason)

I don't understand - it's not cream, it tastes like what it is - some kind of vegetable oil and water abomination - why on earth would you deliberately seek it out.

In this case, I blame his mum. She, also says cream but brings home Elmlea, and uses Ambrosia instead of making custard/rice pudding. Despite otherwise being quite a sensible individual and not a bad cook at all.

I didn't know this! I just thought it was long life cream.
Do you think that's why, when we made carbonara (not my recipe) on holiday recently I woke myself up in the middle of the night as I'd been sick in my mouth.
Not my favourite holiday memory. ☹

I think we may be married to the same person. Mine buys Elmlea and once came home with a block of something called Willow when I had put packet of butter on the list. Willow for gawd sake, it's for cooking I think. And then there was the time that a tub of Stork appeared in my fridge, STORK!!!! STORK!! I said "errr, did you bump into Leslie Crowther in the supermarket or something!".
I'm sure it's done on purpose.
And don't get me started in the lightweight wine that he buys me - once it was 10.5% volume. I do the shopping now.

I didn't even know what Elmlea was.