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MILK
EVAPORATED MILK
a good choice for the thrifty family
is Fresh Whole Milk ...
• With half the water taken out
• With Vitamin D added
• Canned to make it keep
Evaporated Milk is
Good Milk to Use
• In baby's formula
• For drinking and
cooking for all the
family
JUN 'I 1971
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on Cereals,
in Coffee and Tea Fruits and
Puddings
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for Mashed Potatoes,
Gravies and Sauces
The Evaporated Milk Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture • Food and Nutrition Service • Agricultural Research Service
• To use evaporated milk in place
of whole fluid milk in recipes,
add 1 can water to 1 can evaporated
milk.
• Use unsifted flour in these
recipes.
GROUND BEEF MIX
1 medium-size onion
1 pound ground beef
2/J cup uncooked, quick rolled oats (see
Note)
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper, as you like
% cup evaporated milk
Finely chop the onion.
Mix all ingredients well.
Use the mixture to make Beef Patties,
Meat Loaf, Stuffed Green Peppers, or Spaghetti
and Meatballs (recipes follow).
Note: In place of rolled oats, 1~ cup
cornmeal or 1 cup soft bread crumbs may
be used.
BEEF PATTIES
Use recipe for Ground Beef Mix. Shape
into patties. Cook over medium heat until
browned on one side. Turn and brown other
side.
Makes 6 servings.
MEAT LOAF
Use recipe for Ground Beef Mix. Shape
into a meat loaf in a baking pan. Bake at
350° F (moderate oven) about 1 hour until
well cooked.
BEAN CHOWDER
1 cup dry pea (navy) beans or other dry
white beans
4 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
2 medium-size carrots
1 small onion
1 can evaporated milk ( 13 fluid ounces)
Salt and pepper, if you like
Few drops hot pepper sauce, if you like
Wash and drain beans.
Put beans and water in large pan and
bring to boiling. Boil 2 minutes. Remove
from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour.
Add 1 teaspoon salt and boil beans gently
about 1 hour until almost tender.
Cut carrots in thin slices. Chop onion. Add
to beans. Cover and cook about 15 minutes
'longer until vegetables are tender.
Stir in evaporated milk. Heat but do not
boil.
Add seasonings (if used).
Makes 6 servings, about 1 cup each.
Note: If you like, add 2 cut-up frankfurters,
% cup canned chopped luncheon •
meat or leftover cooked ham or beef to soup.
Heat and serve.
CINNAMON CREAM PANCAKE SYRUP
1 cup light corn syrup
2 cups sugar
1h cup water
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup evaporated milk
Put all ingredients except evaporated milk
in a large saucepan.
Heat to boiling, stirring all the time. Cook
and stir 2 minutes longer.
Cool 5 minutes. Stir in evaporated milk.
Serve warm or cold. Store unused syrup in
refrigerator.
Makes about 3 cups syrup.
Note: Use Cinnamon Cream Pancake
Syrup on pancakes, french toast, fruit cobblers,
or plain cakes. •
•
CHEESE SAUCE
2 tablespoons fat (margarine or butter)
2 tablespoons flour
1f2 cup water
1 can evaporated milk ( 13 fluid ounces)
1 cup cut-up cheese
Melt fat in a saucepan over low heat. Mix
in flour.
Add water slowly, stirring until smooth.
Stir in evaporated milk. Cook and stir over
.medium heat until thickened.
Lower heat. Add cheese and stir until
:melted.
Makes about 2 cups sauce.
Note: Use hot Cheese Sauce on hot cooked
vegetables, rice, meat loaf, bulgur, macaroni,
·cornbread, or scrambled eggs.
CALICO SLAW
112 small head cabbage
1 medium-size turnip
2 medium-size carrots
1f2 green pepper
1 green onion
1 medium-size apple
Salad Dressing (see recipe)
Finely chop or thinly slice the vegetables
and apple. Put in bowl.
Pour salad dressing over mixture in bowl.
Mix lightly.
Chill 1 hour before serving, if you like.
Makes 6 servings, about% cup each.
SALAD DRESSING
112 cup evaporated milk
1f4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pepper, as you like
1.4 cup vinegar
Mix evaporated milk, sugar, salt, and
pepper.
Stir in vinegar, a little at a time.
Makes % cup salad dressing.
FROSTED OATMEAL COOKIES
2 cups flour
1f2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1h teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup brown sugar, packed
112 cup fat
1 egg
1 cup evaporated milk
1% cups uncooked, quick rolled oats
Vanilla Frosting (recipe follows)
Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg.
Set aside.
Mix sugar, fat, and egg. Beat well.
Stir evaporated milk and rolled oats into
sugar mixture.
Mix in flour mixture.
I;:>rop dough from a teaspoon on a greased
bali:ing pan.
Bake at 350° F (moderate oven) 18 to 20
minutes until lightly browned.
Cool cookies and top with frosting.
Makes 2% dozen cookies.
VANILLA FROSTING
1% cups confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
1f2 teaspoon vanilla
Stir all ingredients. together until mixture
is smooth.
If frosting is too thick, add a few more
drops of evaporated milk.
If frosting is too thin, add a little more
confectioners sugar.
PEANUTTY MILK DRINK
1f2 cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup water
1 can evaporated milk ( 13 fluid ounces)
Salt, as you like
Mix peanut butter with sugar.
Stir in water a little at a time, mixing well.
Stir in evaporated milk until smooth. Add
salt.
Cover and chill.
Makes 6 servings, about% cup each.
To OPEN Can of Evaporated Milk
Wash Top Clean
Punch 2 holes in top ...
Use a can opener
or a punch-type opener
To STORE in Opened Can ...
Cover
Refrigerate
If used for baby's formula,
use within 2 days
To USE in Place of Whole Milk
Mix Evaporated Milk
with the same amount
of water
Use at once
In recipes calling for milk
Or for drinking
0 R Store in refrigerator - ..
To Add
Revised March 19711
1 Can Evaporated Milk
-If U.S. GOVERNMENT PR INTING OFFICE : 1971 0-387-883
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402 ·Price 10 cents
1 Can Water •
