Comments on: What Kind of Canned Milk???

By: carol

carol — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:28:14 +0000

my lola’s leche flan is uses only alpine and milkmaid — no eggwhites and using the muslin cloth

By: elaine

elaine — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:55:53 +0000

After I read your comments (my first time on your site and I love it!), I went out to check if my neighborhood grocery store had Milkmaid and Alpine. To my surprise, they did! Parco at Times St. QC :D Thanks for all the help!

By: nyni

nyni — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:42:18 +0000

hi i’m a newbie and couldn’t help but add some comments.

my grandmother always used milkmaid (they used to call it senorita)for her leche flan. and i guarantee you, it’s always described as “melt in the mouth”. of course, i’m sure the proportion of the milk and eggs has something to do with it, as well as the method of cooking, i.e., baine marie or steamed.

as for the amount of sugar for the caramel, it always depended on what size of llanera you are using. i’d say it’s around half a cup of sugar and a couple of tablespoons water, just so that the sugar doesn’t burn easily. then of course, you have to set the fire to it’s lowest. it’s best to use tongs so you can swirl the caramel once it starts melting. and for her finale, she adds a tablespoon of butter on top of the caramel.

yummy…just writing about it makes me crave for some. i think i’m going out to buy me some ingredients…

By: Bennie

Bennie — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:35:59 +0000

Marketman,

Milkmaid, ,Carnation, Liberty, and Alpine are manufactured by Alaska Milk Corporation in San Pedro, Laguna under a license agreement(first three mentioned) and the last two products (Liberty and Alpine)were are the brands bought by Alaska from Nestle in 2007. The nearest retail store to the plant is Puregold-San Pedro, and they usually have well stocked shelves of Alaska products.

For my leche flan, I use eight egg yolks and one can of condensada(I use Alaska or Liberty) , and I use the eggwhites for making angel food cake. I like the results.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:52:55 +0000

yes wil-b, i remember… “it’s da leberte condens melk!” :)

By: chris

chris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:51:49 +0000

bev, i tried making dulce de leche using carnation and angel condensada. placed them together in the caserola and boiled them for three hours. the angel condensada has some sugary fluid (its the caramel that separated yata) on top of the dulce and was of thinner consistency than that of carnation. carnation dulce tends to hold its shape better than angel which seeps into the piecrust once spread on it. so i am partial to using carnation. however, mas mura angel by a few centavos…

By: wil-b

wil-b — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:24:19 +0000

for your info, Liberty condensada (do you even remember this brand?) and Carnation condensed milk is the same. . . my cousin who works for nestle told me that they just have different logo/ packaging, I think you can still see liberty brand in provinces. . . nestle retained the brand because it is kind of a trusted brand specially in the provinces, but it is the same milk inside. . .

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:40:11 +0000

Bev, thanks for your input. Actually, I think the issue is more filled vs. not filled milk, sugar content and other additives. The preferences stated above are of readers, not my own as I rarely use evaporated or condensed milk.

By: Bev

Bev — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:07:17 +0000

Hi MM! Iâ€™m working closely with the company that manufactures the Angel milk products. Although Angel is the “new kid” on the block, allow me to assure you that ANGEL is a high quality brand backed by certified quantitative tests proving that Angel’s taste and performance are at par, if not better than the other brands.

Unknown to many, Angel is made by a reputable food company with many number 1 brands. I assure you, itâ€™s a good product â˜º

Hope you can try Angel milk and Good Luck on your leche flan experiment!

By: Jing

Jing — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:42:51 +0000

thanks ted! with all the tips from you good guys out there, my caramel saga will definitely have a happy ending na soon (if i don’t bungle it this time hahaha!!!)