On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:37:36 -0800, Ginny Sher >
wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:37:40 -0600, ravinwulf >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 04:49:51 GMT, Yeff > wrote:
>>
>>>Cornflakes? The soggier the better.
>>
>>Errrm, I really don't know that I should admit this....
>>
>>Eagle sweetened condensed milk. Straight out of the can, eaten with a
>>spoon.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Tracy R.
>
>When I was a little girl, my mother would boil cans of condensed milk
>for each of us kids as an Easter treat. It's caramel in a can. Each
>of us marked the can with our name on it so another sibling wouldn't
>dare take it. I love condensed milk too, but prefer it cooked.
>
>Ginny

When I was a kid, I made it. Or pretended to. How I imagined that
pushing strips of paper into the flywheel of my grandmother's
foot-treadle sewing machine made condensed milk is a complete mystery,
but it made sense to my at the time.


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