"l, not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 13-Oct-2011, notbob > wrote:
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>> I wanna make potatoes au gratin for potluck, today. No milk in house
>> except 12 oz can of evap milk. Jes how evaporated is it? Will 12 oz
>> of evap stretch to 16 oz of reg milk?
>>
>> nb
>
> Evaporated milk is roughly 60% of the volume of regular milk; to
> substitute
> in your recipe add 8 oz of water to the 12 oz of evap. milk. You'll have
> the equivalent of 16 oz of milk for your recipe and 4 oz left-over. Or
> add
> enough water to make it 16 oz and it will be a bit richer than regulary
> milk.

I love evaporated milk for cooking.

Cheri