Evaporated Milk

lynzpower

I have it in coffee with loads of sugar as they do in the carribbean

BUt also I used some with other milk, cinamon, flaked pudding rice & sugar for a super luxurious & comforting rice pud

Claudie

mah jong my mom also used it diluted about 2 ozs milk, 6 water for baby bottles (mine and my brothers) as cows milk was a luxury when we were babes and I don't think formula was around. My mom was horrified at the price I paid for formula and I got all the lectures "it was good enough for you" LOL

Bambam

I'm sure doctors and HV's would be horrified now but I was bottle fed watered down evaporated milk. :eek: Mum said it was because I was allergic to formula milk, but I suspect it was more to do with the cost.

mah_jong

I think it said it on the tin that you could make up childrens bottles.

I did it in the mid 70's so there was formula around (seem to remember cow and gate and gold something ??). But if you ran out or you were getting them off it, it was handy to have a couple of tins in the cupboard!!

culpepper

if its unsweetened ,it is just milk with some of the water removed by evaporation. You can restore it to full milk by watering it down about 1/2 and 1/2. I used to give it to the kids based on a recommendation by Dr Magnus Pike in one of his books.

needaspirin

Slice up a banana. Sprinkle with sugar, then pour on the milk. Yum Yum!

Bambam

mah_jong wrote:

I think it said it on the tin that you could make up childrens bottles.

I did it in the mid 70's so there was formula around (seem to remember cow and gate and gold something ??). But if you ran out or you were getting them off it, it was handy to have a couple of tins in the cupboard!!

Think you'll find it now says on the tin 'Not to be used for babies.' However, I was a baby in the 50's :eek:

Chipps

I make the mousse thing too.

Use about half a large tin of evap (or one small one - but Aldi & Lidl only do the big ones!)
Leave the evaporated milk in the fridge for a while to get really cold.
Make up a jelly with half the normal amount of water.
Whisk the evap until it stands in peaks
Gently fold in the jelly, then place in the fridge to set.

Sometimes a little bit of the jelly separates and ends up at the bottom of the bowl (don't know why, I just pretend it's meant to be that way - a sort of two-tone dessert!) But it makes a very nice mousse, and very easy.

Chipps

I think that evaporated milk was used for babies, because the process does something to the fats in the milk & makes it better for babies to digest.
Formula milk nowadays is made to be closer to breast milk than it was years ago, that is why evap isn't recommended for babies any longer. It would probably be better than normal milk in an emergency though.
Amy Da-whatshername has a section about it in Tightwad Gazette.

rumblytum

Hi,

Have you got any natural yogurt in the fridge?

If so, take the yogurt and the evap. out of the fridge to get to room temperature. Then mix a tsp of the yogurt with the evap. and leave in a warm place (airing cupboard?) to make a thick and creamy yogurt. Whizz up some tinned peaches and stir in to make a flavoured yogurt.

HTH

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