Are evaporated and condensed milk the same?

[fryalot]

because my recipe calls for condensed and I used evaporated.

It doesn't taste as I was expecting it to. Is it the milk?

Don't all laugh at me, if you met my mother you would be amazed that I know anything about food

No
They are called different things for a reason...

I think they are different.
Condensed is much creamer, thicker - gloopy some might say!.

has what you've made gone all thin and watery?

I think condensed is much sweeter, so is good for toffee/ caramel-type recipes.

watchit claricbeansmum... you're getting very close to laughing at me

It was the gloopiness that I was after, I think.

Anyone want three tins of evaporated milk?

bugger.

holy shit squonk! i was sking someone that same question th eother day!

apparently one is just thick milk, the other is sweetened.

the question is...can you get condensed milk that ISN'T a nestle product??

can I add sugar do you think to sweeten it up?

It's only iced coffee - made it the other day and it was lovely. Did it again today and it's well, it's like cold coffee

twas tescos own brand.

I checked

here

although... it wasn't condensed. It was evaporated.

Perhaps that's where I went wrong. The stuff I made the other day was with a tin I found at the back of the cupboard, so it may have been there from before I joined the boycott...

oh bugger.

Tell me someone else does condensed!!!!

thanks nag.

I shall go and add 40% of sugar to it.

That'll make it drinkable

Carnation?

carnation is a nestle product. sadly.

Durr... ignore my last comment

they are different]
you can add sugar to sweeten it but it won;t get thick

if you chill evaporated milk it whips like cream - mixed half-and-half with stewed fruit it makes an acceptable fool, or you can make jelly mousse (dissolve jelly in half a pint of hot water, leave till cool but not set, whisk into a tin of whipped milk)

nestle make carnation

Carnation

thank you mrs b

yes they do - throw it all away right now

Squonk I haven't found any non Nestle yet. Fussels is Nestle too. I was so disappointed when I finally tracked a Fussels down.

buggritt!

well, can't we do something about that?

we are mumsnet fgs!

Surely someone knows someone who knows someone who is in the condensed milk business?

I have seen some alternatives on google with using soya milk and heating!!

Send and email to Nigella Express. Im' sure her local deli must do some (as she loves to tell us to pop into your local deli - lol).

look I expect Myers of Keswick would love 100 emails from MN

Asian shops often have imported non-Nestle condensed milk - our Thai supermarket does it.
Food mile guilt though...