The cream is used in various gastronomic preparations.
Cream is a fatty substance contained in milk . The term, derived from the French crème , is also used to refer to the cream of milk. On the other hand, always in the field of food , cream is a soup or a thick liqueur : "I think I'm going to choose the onion cream and accompany it with meat," "Last night I drank a coffee cream liqueur that made me "It has enchanted."
There are different types of creams. Catalan cream is a dish of thick custard that is toasted on top with an iron plant. Pastry cream , for its part, is the thick custard that is used to fill or decorate cakes.
Chantilly cream , on the other hand, is a cream whipped with sugar and scented with vanilla , whose original recipe dates back to the 17th century . It is used in many desserts and cakes .
Moisturizing and hydrating creams
In another sense, a cream is a cosmetic or medical product that has a pasty consistency and serves to cause a certain effect on the skin; The most famous are moisturizing and hydrating creams that, although many believe they are the same, serve different purposes.
The usefulness of moisturizing cream is to create a protective layer between the skin and the environment , preventing it from losing natural moisture . It is composed of water and oils of vegetable origin thanks to which it eliminates the effects of dryness, white spots and tight lines on the skin. It is mainly recommended for young skin.
The moisturizing cream has similar purposes to the humectant but, in addition to preventing natural moisture from disappearing, it fills the skin from the inside , moistening it as necessary, and also collaborates greatly with the absorption of moisture from the environment. This is more recommended for mature skin.
A cream can be a cosmetic product.
The umlaut
Cream is also synonymous with umlaut , an orthographic sign placed above vowels on particular occasions. It is written with two dots on the desired letter and is used to:
- Indicate that the vowel "u" must be pronounced separately from the sound gue and gui : In the case of "umbrella stand" . This type of use is known as prescriptive because it is an immovable rule, an order or command. Some examples of it may be: "penguin" , "argüir" and "shame" .
- Mark a separation in a word with a diphthong : this use is often found in poetry and is intended to indicate to the reader how a certain word should be read, so as not to break the rhythm of the poem. In this way, the cream is placed on the first vowel of the diphthong and indicates that it is broken, this adds one more syllable to the word and, therefore, to the stanza. An example could be a stanza taken from Garcilaso de la Vega 's "Eclogue II" : " El/dul/ce/mur/mu/rar/des/te/rü/i/do " instead of " El/dul/ ce/mur/mu/rar/des/te/rui/do » (to compose a hendecasyllabic and non-decasyllabic stanza).
Other meanings of the term cream
Other meanings of the term cream refer to the light brown color ( "María gave me a cream shirt" ) and that which is the most distinguished of a social group ( "The party was attended by the cream of Buenos Aires society" ).
In another sense, saying that someone is a cream refers to the fact that they are not skilled at a certain thing; It is usually used to talk about an athlete when he fails or behaves in a striking way but does not bring the team to a successful conclusion, meaning that he likes to be the center of attention more than winning the competition or playing as a team .