ice cream recipie query

[janome]

recently bought the ultimate ice cream book by Bruce Weinstein
in some of the recipies it uses cups of half and half ,can some kind person explain what half and half is please ?

[pastafreak]

It's an American product...equal parts milk and cream.

[DTCwordfan]

american cream - very light, often cream mixed with milk.

[janome]

thank you .so if i mix half milk and single cream that will be the same ?
thank you once again

[pastafreak]

Not single cream...use double.

[janome]

thank you