I had this happen to me I bought a $2.50 Sunnyside farms ultra pasteurized heavy whipping cream and tried hand whipping it with a whisk and even my strong husband tried to help me whip it. We were at it for an hour and it just barely thickened. I did everything right:ice bath,gradual sugar and fast whipping. I gave up, and threw it in the fridge hoping I could salvage it. Next day, the top strangely grew thicker but bottom half was all liquid. I tried this time to use my electric hand mixer and mixed 1 tbsp of cornstarch to 1tbsp of hot water to dissolve and poured it in my whipping cream and started whipping on low then high speed and wow it worked and reached stiff peaks in about 1-3min !

It could be a different product, when I bake cakes for people who want a whipped cream type frosting I use Pastry-Pride, it comes in quart containers at Smart & Final, there is also a product called Frostin-Pride. They whip wonderfully and hold. They are available in white & chocolate, although I do not like the chocolate, I make mine choco by adding dry unsweetened cocoa (Drost)then whip it all together, with the white I add clear vanilla flavoring, or you could add any flavor you like. If you want a tru whipped cream frosting you can try a product called "Whip-it" it is a powder you mix in the cream. Or you can stabilize w. cream with gelatin For 2 cups of cream: use 1 teaspoon gelatin soaked in 2 tablespoons cold water, heat slightly until fully disolved, let cool but do not let it fully set up. then add to the cream & whip.

You might be able to adapt these recipes to use it. Cappuccino Mousse 2 T instant coffee crystals 1/4 c water 1 tsp unflavored gelatin 6 egg yolks 1/2 c sugar 2 c whipping cream Chocolate curls for garnish In small bowl, dissolve coffee powder in water. Stir in gelatin and set aside. In large metal bowl, or top of a double boiler, beat egg yolks and sugar with wire whisk until blended. Place over a pot of gently boiling water (make sure the bottom of bowl does not touch water). Cook, stirring rapidly with whisk about 10 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken. Remove from heat. Add coffee/gelatin mixture to egg mixture, whisk until combined. Beat egg/coffee mixture with electric mixer on medium speed about 5 minutes, or until mixture is cool. Thoroughly wash beaters. In chilled bowl, beat cream with electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Gently fold whipped cream into egg/coffee mixture one-third at a time. Divide mixture evenly among 8 chilled dessert glasses. Cover and let chill for at least 4 hours. Garnish with chocolate curls. Makes 8 servings From Midwest Living magazine 12/2007 Blackberry Buttermilk Panna Cottas with Blackberry Compote For panna cottas 3/4 lb blackberries (about 3 cups) 1 1/4 cups well\-shaken buttermilk 2 3/4 teaspoons unflavored gelatin (from two 1/4\-oz envelopes) 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 2/3 cup sugar 2 tablespoons blackberry syrup, store\-bought or homemade (see cooks' note, below) For compote 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup crème de cassis 2 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 lb blackberries (about 2 cups) Special equipment: 6 (6\-oz) molds (preferably nonreactive) Make panna cottas: Purée blackberries with buttermilk in a blender until very smooth, then pour through a fine\-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids. Sprinkle gelatin over water in a small bowl and let stand 1 minute to soften. While gelatin softens, heat cream and sugar in a saucepan over moderate heat until hot, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and add gelatin mixture, stirring until dissolved. Stir cream mixture and syrup into blackberry purée, then pour through cleaned sieve into a bowl. Pour mixture into molds and chill, covered, until firm, at least 8 hours. Make compote while panna cottas finish chilling: Boil water, crème de cassis, and sugar in a small saucepan, stirring occasionally, until syrupy and reduced to about 1/3 cup, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, then pour syrup over blackberries and gently stir to combine. To serve panna cottas, run a thin knife along edge of molds to loosen if necessary and dip molds in a small bowl of warm water 3 to 5 seconds, then invert panna cottas onto plates and gently lift off molds. Spoon berries and syrup over and around each panna cotta. Cooks' notes: To make blackberry syrup, heat 1/4 cup blackberry jam with 1 tablespoon water in a small saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring, until jam is dissolved. Pour mixture through a fine\-mesh sieve into a small bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids. Panna cottas can be chilled in molds up to 1 day. Compote can be made 2 hours ahead and kept at room temperature. Linda

Or just leave them in their foil until they turn the color of my toe and throw them out. :) The toe is healing nicely, thank-you, and car #1 has finally gone to the dealership. Car #2 is still being fixed. I did get to do a couple of errands after the tow, and now my other ankle is complaining about taking up the balance duties of the opposite pinky. I should cook, but I think I'm playing hooky tomorrow. ;) I was out eating a romaine-free salad tonight, but did filch some fries from my companion, who never finishes them anyway. They were way too salty, but really good. Better than usual. The too salty was probably the improvement. ;) 2Many, no apologies! That's hysterical. Well the potatoe is hysterical. The quip is smile-worthy. All good. I've often seen a hand of ginger, but that's the first foot of potato I've seen! Sherry, that rock sounds as immovable as the bathtub! "Restaurant size" potatoes is what they're called. though, as you say, many restaurants serve larger ones. Two pounds though? Wow. I can't imagine wanting to bring home an uneaten half of a potato the way I would half a chicken serving or half a sandwich. And here I thought one pound potatoes were huge!