Carnation Evaporated Milk

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where can i find carnation evaporated milk here in switzerland?? i need it for one of my recipes but i havent really seen it around! it's a nestle product so it's strange that it's not on the shelves here. if anyone has spotted it, please let me know!

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Use the search function, there's been a few answers about evaporated milk, I'm sure the co-op stock it

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If you are considering online purchase, try http://www.americanmarket.ch/ or http://www.britshop.ch ( specifically http://www.britshop.ch/product_Carna..._Milk_150.html )

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You can buy it at the Migros in Zumikon, it's in a can with a dark blue label and marked as "unsweetened condensed milk". That's the only Migros I have found it at, I've never seen it at the Coop (only the sweetened one).

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You can also buy it at the Migros in Zugerland, Steinhausen, nr Zug.

Its pretty much the same as the carnation stuff: I use it to make fudge, custard, to put on bananas, etc!

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hey everyone thanks for all the quick replies! i originally posted in another thread but it got moved to this new one. there were no other evaporated milk threads! i dont think condensed and evaporated milk are the same.... i love making fudge and banoffee with sweetened condensed milk. but i think evaporated milk has this more watery consistency... i use it for making custard tarts and butter prawns.

thanks for all the ideas

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Don't forget to use the thanks button!

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The only difference between evaporated milk & condensed milk is that the former doesn't contain sugar. You can find evaporated (or condensed milk without sugar) in the supermarket above the UHT milk with other non refrigerated milk products.

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Who would have known! Evaporated milk was invented by John B. Meyenberg who emigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland.

Substitutes:

If recipe calls for 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water. 1 cup liquid whole milk can be used

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Or, if you need 1 can. Whip until smooth; 1 cup nonfat dry milk and 1 3/4 cups warm water. Keep refrigerated.

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Hello again,

I don't think you realise exactly what JanerMac and me are saying: the stuff you buy at Migros - labelled as condensed milk - is in fcat what we in England would call evaporated milk: it is runny and not sweetened.

Give it a shake and you can hear that its too thin to be "condensed" milk.

You can also buy the sweetened condensed milk from Migros - in smaller tins or tubes.

Cheers

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Anyone? Enquiries so far have only returned condensed milk, which is not the same thing at all. Request to a friend to bring it back from the UK resulted, frustratingly, in same. Evap is nasty stuff on its own (imho), but is the magical secret ingredient in the best chocolate cake ever. Having spent hours trawling round trying to find self-raising flour, failing, then finding out they don't have it here anyway, does anyone know if same is true for evap? Or if it does exist, what it's called? Ta in advance.

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OK, sorry, sorry, found Search function after posting and came across this thread: Carnation Evaporated Milk . Which would explain why Swiss colleagues were confused when I told them it wasn't the same as condensed milk. Can't find how to remove my thread... Panic over, move along, nothing to see here, etc....

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Although the posts were from a few months back, I thought I might upload the pics to help those who might still be searching for this elusive product. As the pics show, this is made by Migros... and it is the liquid evaporated milk we're used to in the States (and not the sweetened thick molasses-like condesed milk), despite the misleading product label. The only thing I miss is the variety available in the US only of the low fat (2%) and non-fat (skim) versions.... alas! Better than nothing...