On 2/5/2016 2:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-02-05 6:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 2/5/2016 1:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2016-02-05 3:49 PM, gtr wrote:
>>>> On 2016-02-04 07:03:07 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>>>>
>>>>> My big mistake was having a Vietnamese coffee. The waitress explained
>>>>> that they do it the old fashioned way, using a drip filter gizmo that
>>>>> drained into a glass that had about half a can of sweetened condensed
>>>>> milk. It was good, but way too sweet for me.
>>>>
>>>> Precisely my view. Don't keep trying it, now that you know it sucks,
>>>> because it gets habit-forming really quickly.
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that it was condensed milk. I didn't know it
>>> was sweetened condensed milk. I drink my coffee black. I don't mind a
>>> bit of cream in it, or foamed milk in a latte, but I really prefer
>>> coffee not to be sweetened. If I have it again I will be sure to do it
>>> much earlier in the day. It is probably a good way to start the day.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "Sweetened condensed milk" is as redundant as "non-sweetened evaporated
>> milk." Condensed milk always contains enough sugar to make it a thick,
>> viscous, fluid. Evaporated milk has no sugar added. The US and Canada
>> does not have much of a history with condensed milk, probably because of
>> the relative ease of getting fresh milk and access to refrigeration.
>
> But who'd have thought that there would be such a high ratio of SCM to
> coffee? I was sort of surprised when the waitress brought the glass with
> the drop gizmo on top and there was so much SCM in it. It looked like
> close to half a can.

I agree, they do put a lot of that stuff in their coffee. I don't know
how those lactose intolerant Asians can stomach it. I certainly can't.
OTOH, I've made toast with peanut butter and condensed milk on top. Damn
that's tasty!

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>> OTOH, condensed milk would be pretty good survival food because it's
>> packed with calories.
>
> Most times when I see an open can of SCM I think of a childhood
> neighbour who had spend close to 4 years in a Japanese POW camp and
> telling about getting Red Cross packages and how he savored the SCM,
> pantomiming scraping the can with his finger to get every last little
> bit of it.
>

I can see how that would be highly prized.