Wayne wrote:
> Miche > wrote in
> :
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>
>>In article >,
>> "GoombaP" > wrote:
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>>>The first thing I learned to cook was something my mother called
>>>Candy Florida, a simple, delicious, energy-inefficient recipe. Take a
>>>can of sweetened condensed milk and drop it in a big pot of boiling
>>>water. Boil for 10 hours (being sure to add water as needed). Cool,
>>>refrigerate 'til cold, then open the can. The caramalized content
>>>tastes great on ice cream, graham crackers, etc.
>>
>>10 hours sounds a bit over the top. Two or three should be
>>sufficient.
>>
>>Miche
>>
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> IMHO, it probably does take 10 hours if you're just boiling in a kettle
> of water. It takes 3 hours in a pressure cooker, which is the way we
> have done it. It's done to thicken the milk to an almost spreadable
> consistency, not just caramelize it. The caramelized version you can buy
> is probably pourable.
>

Here is a link to an old article at Google Groups that has probably the
definitive rfc directions. A Google Group search turns up lots of discussion.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...sfc.nasa.go v

For me, three hours at a slow boil is plenty to give a spreadable result.

Has anyone ever had a grainy consistency result? It happened to me once,
using a can of store brand sweetened condensed milk (maybe too long at the store?).

Peggy