Lauren
Reged: 10/10/02
Posts: 1332
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Previously posted on the Phorum: Although I have looked exhaustively, does anyone know where to buy real cream on St Barths? I can get milk and "creme fraiche" (which doesn't do the trick since it tastes like buttermilk). Even in Metropolitan France I cannot find real cream. Tried when in Normandy (you know, the Charolais cows etc.),still no go. I guess I will have to ask some chef or patissier in France where the wonderful crËme is obtained.
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pok
Reged: 10/10/02
Posts: 43
Loc: St. Barthelemy, FWI
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I'm not sure what you mean by "real" cream.
If you mean the white goo that comes out of the cow and rises to the top of the pail, I fear you're out of luck.
If you mean any commercial product that says "creme" on the outside of the box, and contains a white fluid that can be whipped to fluffiness, and tastes great in coffee, most local markets have it, certainly Match.
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MarilynS
Reged: 10/08/02
Posts: 52
Loc: Toronto
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Sadly, I've never found a source either. And we've tried each time we've been to St.Barth.
-------------------- Vitet or bust!
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nickthedog
Reged: 10/04/02
Posts: 275
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Hi Lauren, why not stop by the Pink Bakery in Laurient and ask them where they get it. Surely they must use it all the time. Just a thought Nick
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Lauren
Reged: 10/10/02
Posts: 1332
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Nick - I keep telling myself to simply ask the patissiers, like at the Pink Bakery, but have so far not done so, probably because it seems like such an obvious question. But, I truly have looked everywhere I have travelled in France, and have not found the real thing. As I said, even in Normandy, where the cows doth graze, nothing but that crËme fraÓche....next time I will do an in depth analysis, and simply go to the Hideaway and order a White Russian. I just hope that Anna Kournikova isn't there at the time.
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