George wrote:
> Pete C. wrote:
>
>> I always have two levels of backup on that one. I keep cans of
>> evaporated milk in stock as the first level backup and a jar of
>> powdered creamer as the second level backup. Failing both I'd resort
>> to tea.
>
> I like milk in coffee and keep a can of the condensed stuff as a
> backup. Ran out of milk the other morning and I punched a hole in the
> condensed milk (in date) can and nothing came out. The contents shook
> like normal liquid. I punched a larger hole in the can and when I
> shook it "chunky style" milk glopped out. It had absolutely no smell
> to indicate it was spoiled. I wondered if it had been overheated in
> processing or was the residue in the canning machinery.

Did you really mean condensed milk, rather than evaporated milk?
Condensed milk *would* glop out, to say nothing about being sickly
sweet.

Dora