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Condensed milk
煉奶
Milk cooked down with sugar until thick and very sweet; a different tin from evaporated milk (花奶), which is unsweetened. It is the 奶 in 奶油多 and 奶醬多 and the whole point of 茶走, milk tea made with condensed milk instead of evaporated milk and sugar. Hong Kong uses the Longevity brand; every Australian supermarket has the 395g tin (Nestlé, for example), and the squeeze bottle is the same thing.
Cautions: read first
- Contains milk, a mandatory-declaration allergen in Australia; once opened, decant into a covered container and refrigerate.
Preparation
Use straight from the tin; two teaspoons a cup replaces the sugar and evaporated milk in 茶走.
Origin
New York (Gail Borden, 1856). At Woolworths and Coles in 395g tins, Nestlé for example.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · sweetened condensed milk 395g (Nestlé, house brand); Longevity brand
Where · Every supermarket; Longevity at Asian grocers
What to ask for · The squeeze bottle is the same thing
If it is not there · Any tin
Where · Every supermarket; Longevity at Asian grocers
What to ask for · The squeeze bottle is the same thing
If it is not there · Any tin
