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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Dec 16 2007 : 4:43:10 PM
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OH LORDY! LORDY! DIABETIC COMA! friend Sugarbucket made absolutely the most DEVINE 'carmel pie' .. and i was SHOCKED at how easy it is! she buys a couple cans of 'evaporated milk' .. .says the 'cheaper brands' actually come out better for her!!
THEN .. she puts them in a pot big enough to cover them with water .. and does a SOFT BOIL for two hours and twenty minutes (you can flip the cans half-way through ...
after the boiling time .. put them in the fridge overnight .. open 'em up the next monring .. pour it out into a pie shell! VOILA!
now how easy is that!! and i promise you it is sooooooooo very delicious!!! xoxo
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2007 : 5:00:14 PM
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HOLY SHMOLY that makes my teeth hurt just thinking of it!! BUT I might have to make that for Christmas ; )
Mama to 2
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2007 : 8:00:26 PM
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are you sure it's not sweetened condensed milk, rather than evaporated? The Mexican people make leche dulce that way.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2007 : 4:17:21 PM
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So, Frannie, I use 2 cans sweetened condensed milk, boil them for 2:20 hours, refrigerate overnight, then pour into pie shells? Does it thicken enough that it doesn't just pour out into the empty space left by a served slice? I wonder if a topping of sliced apples and whipped cream might mellow out the sweetness?
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 03:52:43 AM
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friend kathy (sugarbucket) got a good giggle out of me telling ya'll to use 'evaporated' milk! yep .. she said two hours and twenty minutes (for 2 cans) ... she made some more .. and is going to put them into little 'pie tartlets' .. and top them with shaved chocolate. (i'm gonna make these (WITH SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK!!!) and add a pecan on top of each .. and mayhaps a dollop of 'whipped cream'. it does thicken .. maybe because she refrigerates it overnight. her husband, eddie said you can also just open the cans .. pour into a crockpot and cook for about 7 or 8 hours and get good caramel too!
oh .. kathy also says she 'pipes' the caramel into the tartlets with a 'baggie'. xo
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
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USA
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
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Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 07:29:57 AM
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Oh how good this sounds. My step mother (she from Mexico) make caramel this way when I was young. Ohhhh it was good. Thanks for the memory.
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Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ronna
Fernley
NV
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Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 12:13:44 PM
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Frannie,
You've made known that cooking is not your best talent, so making a mistake like that is understandable. I've heard pros and cons on heating in the can, as it could explode, but it's been done this way for many years. Glad we caught it before anyone tried it and thought you were off your rocker :)
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ronna
Fernley
NV
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Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 4:03:15 PM
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Is that kinda like me telling my kids they can't cook from the other room? Though, I've walked off and ended up with overflowing pots or food burning a time or two myself. That's how most kitchen fires start I believe.
I started cooking when I was about 8, maybe 9 at most, after my parents divorced and mother had to work. She would leave me instructions (or tell me in the morning) what to do and dinner would be ready about the time she got home. That was in '54 or '55, long time ago.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Dec 25 2007 : 08:50:48 AM
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Well, I made it. We haven't cut into it yet but I took a lick from the can. Yummmm. However, I found that 2 cans wasn't really enough to fill a 9 inch pie. That's ok, I layered walnuts (pecans are too expensive) and I'll fill the rest up with whipped cream. I thought about making chocolate pudding to put on top but decided not to. I can hardly wait to have a piece.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Dec 26 2007 : 05:53:56 AM
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Ok, I cut into it last night. It's extremely rich and sweet. If you make it, I would suggest you cut the pieces skinny like you would for cheesecake. A standard pie slice is just too much. I had another thought to maybe tone down the sweetness; maybe a layer of semisweet chocolate in it or drizzle it over each slice.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lisamariesbasketry/index.htm |
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