On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 9:15:04 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 4:11:56 PM UTC-8, wrote:
> > I thought I'd make an onion pie. The recipe calls for 1/3 can of evaporated milk. Aside from the nuisance of finding something else to do with the leftover part, I wondered - what IS the benefit of using that instead of regular milk? (I always use skim for most things, but if a recipe calls for whole milk, I can always add some powdered milk.)
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> Evaporated milk is less watery than even half and half. I love it for
> quiches. You can freeze the rest -- I have two ice cube trays for
> freezing broth, yogurt, etc.

Evaporated milk is used in Chinese egg custard tarts. In Hawaii, we'll bake whole pies. Those pies are a lot richer then American style
custard pie.

http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/07/hong-kong-egg-tarts/