Nestle Carnation Condensed Milk

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I found myself purchasing a tin of Nestle Condensed milk. This wasn't just for the heck of it either, this was for baking night! My friend and I, at the ripe old ages of 37 and 38, have decided to enter some home made delights in the local country show in September. We've got the programme and we are working through the W.I. recipes every Wednesday evening. Last night was a first for us both, making chocolate fudge.....and for that we needed condensed milk. I had never considered what condensed milk was for. I had often been given evaporated milk on jelly as a child, but what was this??? Having done a little bit of ...  Read the complete review

Nestle Condensed milk, those three words have me heading off to find my can opener. Interestingly enough both Evaporated and condensed milk were rationed during wartime. Though milk was fairly plentiful a good number of years ago, refrigerators were not and tinned milk was more often than not used in hot drinks. The contents of the can were diluted to make the milk go further and of course the tinned milk didn`t turn. So what does Carnation condensed milk look like? Open the can and you are faced with a thick gooey creamy coloured milk, even before you dip a finger in the can to taste it you know that it is extremely sweet, the smell is a dead ...  Read the complete review

Up till a month ago I wouldn't have had a clue what condensed milk was all about or why you anybody would buy it. All that changed when I volunteered to arrange the favours for my brothers wedding later this year. I thought it would be pretty simple, bought sweets in bags, tea light candles, alcohol miniatures, you know the sorts of things I mean. A nice gesture from me but pretty easy to sort. Well all I can say is I am glad I am pretty much the colour of a bottle of milk already, this way nobody could see the colour drain from my face when my sister in law to be said she liked the idea of giving out home made sweets to all their guests! I love my brothers ...  Read the complete review

Nestle make the only condensed milk I even know of. I'm surprised that the supermarkets don't make their own brand make of this stuff, but I've never found one. I probably wouldn't like it as much as I do Nestle even if they did though! This is quite hard on the wallet at £1.40 for a small tin. It also comes in a squeezy tube in one of two sizes but they're even worst value for money unfortunately. The plus side to getting one of the tubes though is that they keep in the fridge for up to three weeks. If you get a tin, you have to use it all in three days. That's not so hard though... Condensed milk is basically sticky, thick, sugared milk ...  Read the complete review

What a brilliant invention! I love this stuff, unfrtunately, it is seriously high in calories but lets ignore that for a minute and look at it's diversity and brilliance! Aside from spooning out of the tin straight into your mouth which is delicious but leaves you feeling very sick if you lack self control like I do, there are so many things that you can use condensed milk for. Have you ever made banoffee pie? A can of this is essential ingredients and so easy! There is even a recipe for banoffee pie on the tin. All you do with this is leave it in it's tin and boil it in a saucepan for two hours, open the tin and you have the toffee dilling for your pie ready. ...  Read the complete review