Why Does My Double Cream

[pastafreak]

...thicken up in the fridge? It smells/tastes fine...but is very thick. Fridge temp is ok too.
Yes, it's within date.

[Old_Geezer]

The cold probably solidifies the fat further.

[scooping]

Buy clotted. Much nicer!

[NoMercy]

Im not sure but my gravy thickens when I container it and keep it in the fridge.

[dannyk13]

It's the low temperature that causes the thickening.

[cupid04]

I had the opposite problem recently with a shop bought strawberry trifle. The jelly morphed back into liquid. The rest of my fridge stuff was okay.

[dannyk13]

A strawberry trifle is not liquid so it wouldn't thicken

[cupid04]

Danny , I said I had the opposite problem....

[pastafreak]

@ scooping...I do buy clotted...but double works better in my coffee ;-)
...and OG and danny...that sounds reasonable, but why doesn't it happen in the shops? Or, is it dependant on the carton being open?

[Togo]

Your fridge temp. may be lower than the shop fridges Pasta.

[dannyk13]

Shop temperatures are much lower than a domestic fridge,

[woofgang]

Maybe because it doesn’t stand so still for so long in the shop? Shaken on journey, shaken when being moved from storage fridge to shop fridge. It gets shaken on the way home but then gets a rest in the home fridge. Is cream non-newtonian?

[Togo]

Most domestic Fridges set on a low setting will hold a temperature of 2 degreesC to 8 degreesC. Commercial displays must by law maintain a steady temperature of 8 degreesC or under. Most businesses will try to use as little power as possible and are therefor liable to maintain as high a temperature as is legal, ie at about or on 8 degrees C. Our fridge according to our internal penguin thermometer is showing 3 degreesC. (Not the lady singers)

[pastafreak]

@ togo...mine must be low, as I found something verging on frozen at the back yesterday.
@woof...I've arrived home to find my cream has almost whipped...:-) ( that's walking with it )

[Togo]

Think I would turn the temp up a little until the heatwave comes back Pasta.........ohh and stop cartwheeling when you are carrying cream home. :))

[pastafreak]

^^^...I need to work the cream off somehow!! ;-)