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the texture that bullies your willpower and wins every single time
means Having the smooth, rich, thick texture of cream — or a color or quality reminiscent of it.
from From 'cream' plus the adjective-forming '-y.' 'Cream' itself came into English from Old French 'cresme,' which blends two roots: Late Latin 'cramum' (possibly from a Gaulish word for the fatty layer atop milk) and Church Latin 'chrisma,' the sacred anointing oil — so the word for the richest part of milk carries a faint echo of holy unction. 'Creamy' as a texture-word is a much later, homegrown English formation, tacking '-y' onto the noun the way we make 'milky' or 'buttery.'
- physics trick
- smoothness is millions of tiny fat droplets dodging your tongue
- no cream needed
- avocado and blended cashews fake it flawlessly
- brain reward
- fatty mouthfeel triggers the same circuits as sugar
- word origin
- once spelled cremy, from medieval French creme
- ice cream secret
- churning beats in air to stop icy crystals forming
alfredo sauce — roman pasta sauce made with butter, cream, and parmesan, created at fettucceria da alfredo in 1914
irish coffee — cocktail with whiskey, hot coffee, sugar, and whipped cream, invented at foynes flying boat terminal in 1943