On 11/13/2010 9:25 AM, Bryan wrote:
> On Nov 13, 8:41 am, Janet > wrote:
>> On 11/13/2010 7:46 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>
>>> My mind is open. What is the 'fresh' equivalent of sweetened
>>> condensed milk? I've got 3 recipes that use it that I can't imagine
>>> have room for improvement--- but I'll give it a go in the interest of
>>> science.
>>
>> I'd certainly like to know that myself. My DH's favorite pie in the
>> whole world is key lime and he's diabetic. No sweetened condensed milk.
>> I have tried several recipes to make it with artificial sweetener and
>> all were failures. I do have a key lime pie recipe that uses unflavored
>> gelatin and that's not bad, but not quite the same as the canned milk
>> recipe. I would love, love, love to have a recipe for sweetened
>> condensed milk made from fresh ingredients so I could sub the sugar.
>
> Up in Way-the-heck-north Texas, they have Braum's (mentioned in my
> other post). The closest to you probaby being 219 I-35 HWY NW,
> HILLSBORO, TX . Adding gelatin and cream to their "concentrated" skim
> milk might well work, consistency wise, even subbing in Splenda.
>
> Remembering the sous vide hack, it occurred to me that one could
> concentrate milk using reverse osmosis, though I'm sure it'd be cost
> prohibitive.
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>
> --Bryan

Do they have one near Ingram or Kerrville? Heading up there next week

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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