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Cream was available in double, single and whipping varieties. (PROSE: The Not-So-Sinister Sponge [+]Loading...["The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)"]) It was a type of dairy product. (AUDIO: The Cats of New Cairo [+]Loading...["The Cats of New Cairo (audio story)"]) "Fresh" cream was a distinct product. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"], The Domino Effect [+]Loading...["The Domino Effect (novel)"])
In or around the 1920s the milk in bottles had the cream settled on top. (AUDIO: Scaredy Cat [+]Loading...["Scaredy Cat (audio story)"])
Cream could curdle. (AUDIO: Winter for the Adept [+]Loading...["Winter for the Adept (audio story)"])
Butter could have a creamy texture. (PROSE: Emotional Chemistry [+]Loading...["Emotional Chemistry (novel)"])
The catkind on New Earth enjoyed cream. (AUDIO: The Cats of New Cairo [+]Loading...["The Cats of New Cairo (audio story)"])
Porridge and cream was served for breakfast at Gabriel Chase in 1883. (PROSE: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (novelisation)"])
In 2070 Moonbase Laika had small containers of cream for the crew to use in their drinks. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)"])
Desserts[[edit] | [edit source]]
Strawberries and cream was a light dessert. (PROSE: Galaxy Four [+]Loading...["Galaxy Four (novelisation)"])
Plum pudding was served with cream. (AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight [+]Loading...["The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)"])
One of the ingredients in Kaiser pudding was cream. (TV: The Enemy of the World [+]Loading...["The Enemy of the World (TV story)"])
Crème Brulée was a sweet confection of blended cream and egg yolk, flavoured with vanilla, almonds or bitter chocolate and covered in brown sugar which is melted to a glassy slag with a blowtorch. (PROSE: Earth [+]Loading...["Earth (short story)"]
Tabby put dollops of cream onto a cake she served Melanie Bush when she was at Paradise Towers in the 22nd century. (PROSE: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (novelisation)"])
To "cream" ingredients was to mix them, the Eighth Doctor began to make a Lady Baltimore cake by creaming butter and sugar when he was in 1893. (PROSE: Camera Obscura [+]Loading...["Camera Obscura (novel)"])
Scones were eaten with jam and cream. (AUDIO: The Wreck of the Titan [+]Loading...["The Wreck of the Titan (audio story)"])
Cakes could be filled with cream. (PROSE: Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life [+]Loading...["Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)"]
Drinks[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Rebeeka VI Ace had a drink that tasted like raspberries and cream. (PROSE: It's Only a Game [+]Loading...["It's Only a Game (TV story)"])
Cream was sometimes added to coffee. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"], Dominion [+]Loading...["Dominion (novel)"], AUDIO: Minuet in Hell [+]Loading...["Minuet in Hell (audio story)"], Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])
Cream for use in drinks was of a viscosity that it could be poured from a jug. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cybermen (novelisation)"])
Vicki Pallister had a CaraMelocha Cha-Cha Chiller, a coffee drink available in Indiana in the early-21st century. It was topped with whipped cream and sprinkles. (PROSE: The Schoolboy's Story [+]Loading...["The Schoolboy's Story (short story)"])
Sauces[[edit] | [edit source]]
Lobster could be served with a brandy and cream sauce in the 20th century. (PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"])
An English parsley sauce was made with freshly chopped herbs, cream, lemon juice and black peppercorns. (PROSE: The Deadstone Memorial [+]Loading...["The Deadstone Memorial (novel)"])
Slang and colloquialisms[[edit] | [edit source]]
A saying was "cream of the crop" it meant to be a high achiever. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die [+]Loading...["For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)"]) It could just be "the cream of..." to refer to the best of an organisation. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])
To "cream off" was to skim off the best of something. (TV: The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"])
The saying "cream crackered" was rhyming slang that Brian Williams used. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"])