Once opened, how long does sweetened condensed milk stay good for?

[Sweet Charming Dem]

I'll be storing it in a tupperware container, not the can, obviously.

A week?

[whyverne]

1. Should last at least as long as regular milk.

Gracie: Oh, Carnation Milk, isn’t it wonderful? You know what puzzles me sometimes: how do they get milk from carnations?

Gracie: Oh, Carnation Milk, isn’t it wonderful? You know what puzzles me sometimes: how do they get milk from carnations?

George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Sixty years old this year.

[Sweet Charming Dem]

2. Thanks.

I figured it was probably that.

My milk went bad, and I've got a can of this stuff, so I figured I'd just use that in my morning coffee, instead.

[jmowreader]

3. I don't think you'll be happy with it in coffee

Way too thick and sweet.

[msanthrope]

5. Not true--'Vietnamese coffee' is a layer of room temp SCM, with boiling

hot very strong coffee poured over. Wait 30 seconds, stir.

It is delicious, and I usually drink my coffee black.

[HipChick]

8. Much better off in a Guinness

Guinness Punch...

http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink4042.html

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. Ah, Eagle Brand!

I put it in the fridge, covered.

GOOD STUFF to cook with. Truly obscene.

[MrScorpio]

6. That stuff is like candy

I'd love to know how to make hard candy drops out of the stuff

[msanthrope]

9. You want to make caramel? Or drops of the stuff itself, uncaramelized? n/t

[MrScorpio]

10. How about both?

Why not try a little variety

[msanthrope]

11. Well, caramel is really easy--

pour a can of SCM on buttered pie plate and bake it for an hour and a half at 425. It will harden as it cools. Use cellophane, NOT plastic wrap to wrap individual pieces.

As for doing it with just the SCM, you want to make hard candy? You could make milk candy--you take a can of SCM, 1/4 cup of Karo, a cup of sugar, and heat them up in a large, heavy pot, like a Dutch Oven. The mixture is going to form up like a ball, and you should keep stirring until it's all pulled away from pot and in a ball--take it from the heat and then stir in a tablespoon of butter and one of vanilla--work fast...

Then, keep moving...pour the candy into a FLAT BOTTOMED, BUTTERED, GLASS PAN. Then you can break it after it cools. You can also use candy molds BUT--use the white kind, made for HARD CANDY--not the clear kind, made for chocolate, or you will burn yourself.

[MrScorpio]

12. Thanks very much

That's a lot great info.

[msanthrope]

7. I've used it for up to 2 weeks after opening. n/t

[blogslut]

16. Yep

I take the lid off a can with a can opener, then I pop the lid from and old Pringle's can on top and dip a spoon out of it for my morning coffee.

The whole point with sweetened condensed milk is that the sugar acts as a preservative. Deeelicious!

[alphafemale]

13. Freeze it in icecube trays

Then pop it out and put it in ziplock bags. Shelf life then? Near fucking ever.

[mopinko]

14. until it gets moldy

that shit is embalmed milk.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

15. Eagle Brand has a recipe for peanut butter cookies.

Peanut butter cookies with the chocolate kiss in the middle.

I make em with chocolate chips in the middle and add walnuts.

Probably on their website.

You can also add lemon juice to it and make an obscene lemon pie with it.