On the plus side, the shrimp and saffron ice cream alone, according to one guest, "tasted like Barcelona."

The cream didn't taste quite right.

Add the tarragon and heavy cream and season to taste with salt and pepper.

This explains why low-fat yogurt would taste more like regular yogurt than light sour cream would taste like sour cream.

The cream and the sugar tasted like energy.

Ben & Jerry's became an instant hit in Burlington, drawing crowds with ice creams that mixed fresh local cream and milk with wild new flavors and "large portions of whatever ingredients they felt tasted good on the day of making."

The quesadilla was rubbery, the salsa was bland, the guacamole was greasy, the sour cream tasted like paste, and there was something subtly but undeniably wrong with her mojito.

Stir the cream, 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste into the sauce.

Most vanilla ice creams and vanilla sauces taste more of eggs and cream than vanilla.

Add the double cream, season, to taste, with salt and black pepper, then cook gently until heated through.