ChattyCathy wrote:
> Duh'Wayne Bilgewright wrote:
> > Steve Pope wrote:
> >> Duh'Wayne Bilgewright wrote:
>
> >>>Not so with this recipe that you're volunteering to make, however.
> >>>Sweetened condensed milk is *extremely* sweet.
>
> >> I don't know from condensed milk. �Is it all sweetened? �The
> >> target recipe says condensed milk, not sweetened condensed milk.
>
> > In the US, the major distinction is between evaporated milk and
> > condensed
> > milk. �I have never seen a can of condensed milk that wasn't
> > sweetened.
>
> Ditto around here, Wayne. However, our evaporated milk is 'runnier' than
> condensed milk, which has the consistency of thick honey, IIRC. I
> seldom use either to be honest.

Evaporated milk and condensed milk are synonymous. Originally this
product was labeled condensed milk, the evaporated milk designation
came later. Originally there was sweetened evaporated milk... in most
hispanic/tropical markets one finds many more brands of this
product... they're just as likely to be labeled sweetened condensed
milk as sweetened evapoorated milk.... without the word sweetened it's
plain old condensed/evaporated milk. In tropical areas very few folks
use fresh milk, very few have refrigeration at home... in fact they
don't use much canned milk of any sort because once opened they have
no way to store it, so they use mostly powdered milk products, they
even use powdered breast milk; KLIM.