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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 453576, member: 111&quot;]There was always a can of Milnot evaporated milk in our fridge, the folks used it in coffee, cereal, cooking, etc. (not much to my liking), and Mom used condensed milk in several recipes...</p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t recall seeing these items in old catalogs and ads as anything other than for &#039;condensed milk&#039;, though they were intended for regular evaporated milk/cream as well.&nbsp; Below are pages 103 &amp; 104 from Williams&#039; &#039;Savory Suppers &amp; Fashionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian America&#039; (1996); the last is a description from an 1872 patent for an &#039;IMPROVEMENT IN CONDENSED-MILK-CAN HOLDERS&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]156963[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]156964[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]156965[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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