Question: what is the difference between cream sherry and cooking sherry?
Answer: Sherry is usually considered an aperitif. There are dry sherries that can be served chilled, and sweet sherries for room temperature. Cooking Sherry has added preservatives (salt) to increase it's shelf-life and is not suitable for drinking. ... Cream Sherry is an Oloroso sweetened with rich Pedro Ximenez grapes.