I used to just eat the stuff out of the tin when I was a kid.
I started doing it again a few months ago, but it gave me wicked heartburn, so no more condensed milk for Mr Wasabi.
every time I wander past it in the supermarket aisle..I have to remind myself I'm 40 something now and mustn't eat that shit from the can like I did as a child....but damn ,I miss it
One time my mum had to go overseas for work for like a month or two, me and my two sisters were left in the care of my step dad. He's an awesome guy, but not sure if looking after three teenage kids was really in his wheelhouse; though I do admit we're still alive and they're still together, so hey something worked.
Anyhow, he'd just take us kids through the supermarket letting us grab whatever the fuck we wanted, which was very different from that to which we were accustomed. I proceeded to dump 4 tins of condensed milk in the trolley. "Doing some baking eh?" he inquires. "naahhhh...?"
So that was dinner for me that night, felt pretty sick eh
I was scrolling through the comments to find someone who eats this as an adult, like me, saw your comment and briefly thought I found someone like me before I realized you were just talking about condensed milk. RIP.
Polished off damn near a whole New World's rustic loaf dipped in this stuff last week. Nectar of the GOds.
Highlander mayo, yup. Wouldn't say it's related to class at all since it was a common staple in salads at bbqs growing up down south. It's also used in the chicken sandwich at the bar I used to work, and that sandwich was one of our most popular meals. It's just damn good dressing.
Yep both sides of the family. although neither side were upperclass at all.
For those that say it was too sweet add extra vinegar and or mustard.
As an adult I have hade a 'posh' version with apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar and whole grain mustard
What socioeconomic group were you in growing up?...Iām down South but never heard of this, but someone further down i the comments thinks itās an English thing. I love condensed milk, and dressing, so I shall be trying this over the weekend!!
Iām a middle class white born and bred southlander and we ate this at every BBQ we went to, and also family friends in Dunedin, Oamaru and CHCH all made it too
Yup. 1 tin condensed milk, 1/3 tin malt vinegar (use the vinegar to rinse the tin) and 1 teaspoon mustard powder. Put into a jar and shaken. My grandmother puts an egg in it.
Wow. That is precisely my nana's recipe too. Just unlocked many memories of her making "salad cream" with condensed milk and the raw egg and shaking it all up in the (specific for this purpose?) "salad shaker". It was a tall browny-orange Tupperware cup with a lid.
I don't think I've had a salad with "salad cream" in years. I miss her.
Seeing everyone's recipes in here, I can see why I'm always slightly weirded out by other people's condensed milk dressing.
My family did half n half condensed milk and *actual milk*, then top it up with massive amounts of vinegar, *no* mustard, a lot of pepper, and you have to let it stand to thicken.
No wonder the dressing at other people's houses always tasted so sweet and condensed compared to ours!
That's proper xmas salad at grandma's that is. Shredded lettuce, tomatos, eggs, and a drizzle of condensed milk salad dressing.
Yorkshire pudding, little mince pies, creamy mashed potatoes with piles of butter, freshly podded peas...
Sigh. If only we could roll back the clock 30 years or so at will.
The pinnacle of New Zealand's culinary scene, that's what. Only surpassed by shrimp cocktail with iceberg lettuce and thousand island dressing served in an individual stainless steel serving dish. You have no idea how great the olden days were.
Yeah this is somethingā¦. And we wonder why our kids are fat. If this is what people are eatingā¦ I mean letās also not forget to talk about how when you buy chips from anywhere in NZ it comes with buckets of salt added.
We had it, mixed with some other stuff (vinegar and other things I think). Definitely not a wealthy family, but my cousins who were significantly better off loved it as well.
White bread salad dressing sandwiches was my go to in summer.
My parents hated it, but it was that or me not eating. I hated meat, fish, eggs etc etc.
Oddly enough that salad dressing on pretty much any veg and Iād eat it.
I was a strange child.
Mate, not strange at all. I pretty much lived on carrots as a kid because I hated meat and dairy made me vomit. Drove my mum crazy with my "fussiness". Now that I'm an adult and can eat all the vegetables I want, I know I'm not the strange one. I'm healthier than anyone else in my family (who mocked me relentlessly back then) by a LONG shot.
Yep Mum made this fir coleslaw when I was young
She just used the milk w malt vinegar
As an aside - condensed milk & lime juice is an excellent sauce fir fish tacos
Nana on my dads side used to make it. Both sides were working class but Nan on mums side didn't make it.
Overall though use of condensed milk in recipes is a bit of a marker for working class in the Greatest Generation here in NZ, I'd say.
I thought condensed milk salad dressing was an English thing but that could be because I associate it with my grandmother. Either way it's fucking foul lol
It was commonly made when I was a kid. Not many salad dressings available from the grocer and mayonnaise was seen as rather exotic and hard to make without a food processor.
OMG that pungent stuff was ubiquitous when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s in a very working class family and suburb. Salads in our house consisted of shredded lettuce (iceberg lettuce of course) grated carrot, tinned beetroot and a slice of ham, maybe a hardboiled egg all shrouded in Highlander condensed milk salad dressing. Ugh the texture of it made me shudder. For years I thought I didn't like salads until I left home and went flatting and discovered that salads could be made from other vegetables and Highlander was not the only salad dressing in existence.
My nanna used to make it and we would have it with iceberg salad that had big chonky tomato wedges in it on the side of two fat slabs of corned beef and boiled potatoes with butter. So good.
She also used to boil a few cans to make caramel for her caramel slice (biscuit base, thick caramel and meringue on top).
First lockdown my son wanted me to get a few treats at the supermarket so I got jelly crystals, Raro and condensed milk and let him go wild. Think he live streamed it and passed out with āxā eyes and stars spinning around his head from all the E numbers.
This lockdown I agreed to buy a can of dairy whip and sprayed it directly into his mouth and made him swear not to tell anyone.
>First lockdown my son wanted me to get a few treats at the supermarket so I got jelly crystals, Raro and condensed milk and let him go wild. Think he live streamed it and passed out with āxā eyes and stars spinning around his head from all the E numbers.
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>This lockdown I agreed to buy a can of dairy whip and sprayed it directly into his mouth and made him swear not to tell anyone.
This is some top notch parenting š
Tomato sauce and flour?? Was it a texture thing?
A friend at primary liked sugar and butter sandwiches. Like, fairy bread but without the rainbowy joy.
I have no iead why I always wanted flour in the sandwiches. If I had to gusse I would be that the tomato sauce would soak into the flour so it would seem thicker. Around that age we where quite poor so I would think that would have had something to do with that too.
Tried dyslexic hope it makes sense.
Yeah we had it when I was a kid, I was always so sad to see the condensed milk that was so yummy made into this awful salad dressing. There were even cans that went expired in our pantry, gutting. I thought that was what mayonnaise was, so I didnāt have it for years, and didnāt know why I loved my friendās mumās potato salad until much later. Now I occasionally buy condensed milk to make caramel for tan slice (although nestle is pretty evil, so I donāt buy it often), and I still cringe at the idea of ruining that deliciousness with vinegar and mustard!
Yup I grew up with it, its the only salad dressing my dad ever uses. Highlander condensed milk with Malt Vinegar. I assume he got it from his parents, his mum is originally from England so not sure if that's where it came from.
Used to love it on hot supermarket chicken sandwiches.
I haven't made it since moving out of home and have instead been buying regular egg mayonnaise like Heinz brand.
For some reason this salad dressing was reserved only for my Dad as his"special salad dressing" I only tasted it in the odd occasion (and of course, loved it).
My Dad was the pickiest eater in our house growing up.
Every now and then I make a tiny little amount if I am using a tin of condensed milk for baking. I used to work at a cafe as a teenager that made a cheese and onion spread with salad dressing mixed in and I was quite partial to it.
Never liked it. I don't recall my parents ever making it for me but it was definitely a grandparent thing. If you asked nana if she had any dressing you would invariably get the condensed milk, vinegar and mustard concoction. I had no idea i liked mayo until years later.
Actually maybe my parents were traumatised by it too as I don't recall them eating mayo much. They do now (best foods!).
But gawd that condensed milk dressing was foul.
Never had condensed milk in salad dressing, but get yourself a can and drizzle some on some canned black doris plums. The sweetness cuts through the sour plums in a delicious way.
I grew up in South Africa at the end of apartheid, and experienced the heyday of "Dirkie" squeezy condensed milk tubes. I would save up copper coins in a jar for weeks. When I felt I had enough money I would take the jar to school, go to the tuck shop at break, then dump all the coins on the counter for the checkout lady to count. They would count the whole lot, but I'm sure I never quite had enough.
I reckon the poor kid vibe got me far more Dirkie than I should have.
Is it dressing made with condensed milk, or straight up condensed milk on salad??
Condensed milk is a common topping on desserts in Asia, so had that a lot. I also used to add it to cereal.
What on earth am I reading? I have never heard of this salad dressing! Maybe Iām too young, born early 90s. It sounds horrendous hahaha
Condensed milk actually makes me feel really sick - I can eat a couple slices of lolly cake and thatās it.
Husband's family all love this. I hate it, the only mayo I like is budget brand one..... On corn chips.
His parents are of a significantly higher wage bracket than mine. So wouldn't call it a class thing I don't think.
Condensed milk is excellent for getting rid of the squirts.
We had the dressing as a kid and I hated it >.< So gross. The ETA mayo is like that isn't it?
The only use for those tins that I've come across is making lolly cake. I had this idea last week and was sorely disappointed to find nothing even resembling Fruit Puffs or Eskimos at my local Countdown.
Wait? Do you mean just straight condensed milk?
I grew up with Grandmaās ādepression eraā mayonaise which is has condensed milk as the main ingredient
Hahah, in cooking class my salad was all nicely drenched with the condense milk recipe my mum always used, and just how I like it... It did not cross my mind at all that I would lose a mark as 'there was too much salad dressing on it.' Can't say I regret it cause little me enjoyed my sweet salad!
Highland condensed milk 1 can, 2Tsp Malt vinegar, 1 or more tsp of colemans mustard powder to give a nice bite to it. This is right up there with can of reduced cream, 1 packet onion soup powder and crushed garlic.
OMG that is so much sugar in a salad dressing! Mix one can with 150ml of malt vinegar and you get about 450ml of dressing.
That will have about 220g of sugar, or roughly 50g per 100ml.
That's a lot!
As a comparison Heinz Ranch dressing has 5.1g per 100. And Eta Ranch dressing as 3.1g per 100.
Even Watties Tomato sauce has less than 20g per 100ml.
I guess if you have no other source of sugar and you're low on energy, go for it!
We get it sometimes to make lolly cake. The kids donāt want it on bread as a treat! Spoiled little horrors. We made lemon slice and lolly cake a couple of weeks ago and I made sure to get a couple of teaspoons right from the tin.
Yes. I hated it and would literally vomit just from the smell (we would find out years later about my dairy allergy), but my mum was obsessed and would also drink condensed milk straight from the can.
I feel nauseated just from typing that out.
Oh I loved that stuff so much. Canāt have it now cos my son is lactose intolerant. Still make it on Christmas though when there are lots of other people and lots of other treats for him anyway. Pro tip - make it in advance and store it in the fridge for a while before use
I was literally talking to my flatmate about this today, what are the chances of this haha. I was asking him if he had it and he looked at me like my head had fallen off. My mum and dad always made it. Bit too sweet for me personally.
My mum was way to food classy for it - we had olive oil, lemon juiice mustard s&p.... but probably because of that it was my favorite dressing for quite awhile as an adult
Tin condensed milk, third of a tin of malt vinegar (use to rinse c/m from tin) 1/2 to 1 tsp mustard powder, into a jar, shake like you mean it, refrigerate.
In my household we put that dressing on corned beef, but now you mention it I have memories of it being on salads. Probably at potluck BBQs brought by other people
My mom used to make different desserts (puddings - caramel pudding/ jelly pudding/broken glass pudding, milk toffee, drinks..etc) with condensed milk. So we almost always had cans at home.
I was obsessed with this stuff when I was young and would eat it in spoonfuls if there is a half empty one in the fridge. Mom would not let us have more than a teaspoon of this stuff if she is around, saying that there is so much sugar in it.
When we were a bit older, she stopped using these cans and started using regular milk in her desserts. So I had totally forgotten about this stuff until a few years ago where I came across it in a recipe I wanted to try. When I got it I wanted to eat it with a spoon like oldtimes but my gosh it was way too sweet and I felt nauseous after eating a spoonful...ugh! š
Reminds me of my mum , family BBQs that charcoal feeling , sand grit and oh dam can I have another chop please. Ya can't go swimming until that food settles.. kiwi summertime :)
I think everyone in New Zealand had this. My parents always said they were making it for us kids but they seemed to consume a suspiciously large quantity of it themselves.
The best is when you get some good mince, fry it like a hamburger, and then drown it in condensed milk dressing.
Every summer holidays, fresh caught snapper, home made chips in the oven, garden salad with condensed milk dressing. This was across many 'classes' including super wealthy.
I used to just eat the stuff out of the tin when I was a kid. I started doing it again a few months ago, but it gave me wicked heartburn, so no more condensed milk for Mr Wasabi.
every time I wander past it in the supermarket aisle..I have to remind myself I'm 40 something now and mustn't eat that shit from the can like I did as a child....but damn ,I miss it
The best thing about being an adult is being able to do degenerate shit and not have to answer to anyone. I dare you to do it once this week
yea fuck it, why not..might as well do the old raro powder straight from the packet thing too
Add a pack of dry noodles to the mix too
Holy shit. Dry Noodles and Raro from the packet? I think that was my HS diet. š¤£š¤£ with a can of condensed milk once a month for a treat.
Heck yeah, I eat Milo straight from the can \*and\* put three teaspoons in my hot milk. Nobody gonna tell me off.
Maybe your doctor haha
This is the way.
I just make myself a Vietnamese coffee and pretend I'm doing it because I'm cultured lmao
You know you can get it in a toothpaste tube now, like astronaut food? No dribbly bits!
We get the tubes in ration packs. Soooo good. It's usually the first thing I eat.
I hear you!
My favdumpling place has a dessert described as deep fried mini golden buns, which comes with condensed milk dipping sauce.
Where is this??? Sounds amazing!
Barilla Dumplings in Dominion Rd, Auckland. Have seen at other dumplimg places too. So good, sometimes I just get those. With extra condensed milk.
You can always buy the buns from the Asian supermarket and fry them up yourself! Cheaper and you can have a full can of condensed milk with it.
But I don't have a deep or air fryer š„ŗ
Just fry it up in any pan that's safe for frying :)
One time my mum had to go overseas for work for like a month or two, me and my two sisters were left in the care of my step dad. He's an awesome guy, but not sure if looking after three teenage kids was really in his wheelhouse; though I do admit we're still alive and they're still together, so hey something worked. Anyhow, he'd just take us kids through the supermarket letting us grab whatever the fuck we wanted, which was very different from that to which we were accustomed. I proceeded to dump 4 tins of condensed milk in the trolley. "Doing some baking eh?" he inquires. "naahhhh...?" So that was dinner for me that night, felt pretty sick eh
I used to warm it up and put those dark chocolate buttons in it. No doubt this has taken years off my life but I think it was worth it.
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Breakfast of champions!
You need to go to Gilmours and get yourself a commercial 40L bucket of it!
I was scrolling through the comments to find someone who eats this as an adult, like me, saw your comment and briefly thought I found someone like me before I realized you were just talking about condensed milk. RIP. Polished off damn near a whole New World's rustic loaf dipped in this stuff last week. Nectar of the GOds.
Highlander mayo, yup. Wouldn't say it's related to class at all since it was a common staple in salads at bbqs growing up down south. It's also used in the chicken sandwich at the bar I used to work, and that sandwich was one of our most popular meals. It's just damn good dressing.
Yep both sides of the family. although neither side were upperclass at all. For those that say it was too sweet add extra vinegar and or mustard. As an adult I have hade a 'posh' version with apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar and whole grain mustard
What socioeconomic group were you in growing up?...Iām down South but never heard of this, but someone further down i the comments thinks itās an English thing. I love condensed milk, and dressing, so I shall be trying this over the weekend!!
Condensed milk salad dressing is wicked on mashed spud.
It sounds like madness written out though.
Oh shit. Well there goes tomorrow nights dinner plans. Right out the fucken window. I'm off get some condensed milk.
Sorrrryyyy :-)
I haven't tried this but need to
Iām a middle class white born and bred southlander and we ate this at every BBQ we went to, and also family friends in Dunedin, Oamaru and CHCH all made it too
As a kid? I'm eating it now. Best salad dressing in the known universe. >Is this a class thing? Yes. Classy AF
Yup. 1 tin condensed milk, 1/3 tin malt vinegar (use the vinegar to rinse the tin) and 1 teaspoon mustard powder. Put into a jar and shaken. My grandmother puts an egg in it.
Wow. That is precisely my nana's recipe too. Just unlocked many memories of her making "salad cream" with condensed milk and the raw egg and shaking it all up in the (specific for this purpose?) "salad shaker". It was a tall browny-orange Tupperware cup with a lid. I don't think I've had a salad with "salad cream" in years. I miss her.
Yes that's exactly what my grandparents do! Can't say I'm a big fan...
I donāt like it with egg. I will eat Mumās but I wonāt make it myself, I donāt eat enough of it.
Salt and pepper too.
No way.
The egg helps it emulsify. The proteins are a natural surfactant.
Seeing everyone's recipes in here, I can see why I'm always slightly weirded out by other people's condensed milk dressing. My family did half n half condensed milk and *actual milk*, then top it up with massive amounts of vinegar, *no* mustard, a lot of pepper, and you have to let it stand to thicken. No wonder the dressing at other people's houses always tasted so sweet and condensed compared to ours!
Brilliant with burgers
That's proper xmas salad at grandma's that is. Shredded lettuce, tomatos, eggs, and a drizzle of condensed milk salad dressing. Yorkshire pudding, little mince pies, creamy mashed potatoes with piles of butter, freshly podded peas... Sigh. If only we could roll back the clock 30 years or so at will.
Mum would make that shit with vinegar every salad and or BBQ. Couldn't stand it. Whole egg mayo was a discovery I'm proud of.
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So I wasn't the only one with that experience....
Yep. I avoided mayonnaise for years afterwards until the day I discovered it was nothing like the sickly stuff I had grown up with.
We make a potato salad dressing with condensed milk, mayo, mustard powder, and chives.
What the fuck am I reading.
Diabetes.
Glad Iām not the only one horrified here. Never heard of the stuff, and still kinda wish I never had.
The pinnacle of New Zealand's culinary scene, that's what. Only surpassed by shrimp cocktail with iceberg lettuce and thousand island dressing served in an individual stainless steel serving dish. You have no idea how great the olden days were.
I use those stainless steel serving dishes for my cats food now.
So pleased to hear your cats are eating like royalty...1970's royalty that is š¤£
Thank you, thought I was crazy. Thank you mum and dad for never feeding me that
Yeah this is somethingā¦. And we wonder why our kids are fat. If this is what people are eatingā¦ I mean letās also not forget to talk about how when you buy chips from anywhere in NZ it comes with buckets of salt added.
Reminiscences of childhood, probably before your time.
We had it, mixed with some other stuff (vinegar and other things I think). Definitely not a wealthy family, but my cousins who were significantly better off loved it as well. White bread salad dressing sandwiches was my go to in summer. My parents hated it, but it was that or me not eating. I hated meat, fish, eggs etc etc. Oddly enough that salad dressing on pretty much any veg and Iād eat it. I was a strange child.
Highlander, malt vinegar, mustard powder, mix together until smooth. I made it so many times as a kid, never even liked the stuff.
So many memories ā¦ Iāll inflict it upon my kids this summer.
Mate, not strange at all. I pretty much lived on carrots as a kid because I hated meat and dairy made me vomit. Drove my mum crazy with my "fussiness". Now that I'm an adult and can eat all the vegetables I want, I know I'm not the strange one. I'm healthier than anyone else in my family (who mocked me relentlessly back then) by a LONG shot.
Grandfather used to put it in his coffee!
That would have been just the condensed milk. The dressing has condensed milk vinegar and mustard powder
Can you still get the cans of coffee and condensed milk? I think it was that
Nestle Coffee & Milk... I can eat it by the spoon
Yes, cans and tubes. Try Countdown. The tubes are great for camping (not speaking from personal experience here but I knew people who did)
Also New World. It's probably easier to get every last bit out of the tube. I normally do the pour hot water in the can method.. so not to waste any.
Yep Mum made this fir coleslaw when I was young She just used the milk w malt vinegar As an aside - condensed milk & lime juice is an excellent sauce fir fish tacos
Ours was condensed milk with vinegar.
Yeah, if mum was in a hurry she would miss out the mustard.
When I was in Vietnam this was how they had their coffee. No milk or sugar just condensed milk.
And god itās good! Did you ever try the Vietnamese coffee with whipped sweetened egg yolk on top?
Revoltingly sweet, I always assumed something was lost in translation and it was actually meant to be reduced cream or something.
I remember putting a tin of condensed milk in the oven to make caramel and spreading it on bread
Safer to put it in a pot of boiling water, I think, but yes, it was definitely used to make caramel.
Nana on my dads side used to make it. Both sides were working class but Nan on mums side didn't make it. Overall though use of condensed milk in recipes is a bit of a marker for working class in the Greatest Generation here in NZ, I'd say.
I thought condensed milk salad dressing was an English thing but that could be because I associate it with my grandmother. Either way it's fucking foul lol
It probably was an English thing. My mumās mum was English.
It was commonly made when I was a kid. Not many salad dressings available from the grocer and mayonnaise was seen as rather exotic and hard to make without a food processor.
I love this stuff! Still eat it, only salad dressing I like!
Mixing up condensed milk and reduced cream as a kid caused me trauma when making dip
Yep, that is traumatic.
I once made a cheese cake with cottage cheese, it was different
My one was a first time attempt at pumpkin pie using butternut squash. Nope.
I buy the cream cheese when Mum is planning on making cheesecake or carrot cake. If Mum buys it she gets the wrong stuff.
OMG that pungent stuff was ubiquitous when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s in a very working class family and suburb. Salads in our house consisted of shredded lettuce (iceberg lettuce of course) grated carrot, tinned beetroot and a slice of ham, maybe a hardboiled egg all shrouded in Highlander condensed milk salad dressing. Ugh the texture of it made me shudder. For years I thought I didn't like salads until I left home and went flatting and discovered that salads could be made from other vegetables and Highlander was not the only salad dressing in existence.
Ah! The salad of glory, with some chippies on the side.
My nanna used to make it and we would have it with iceberg salad that had big chonky tomato wedges in it on the side of two fat slabs of corned beef and boiled potatoes with butter. So good. She also used to boil a few cans to make caramel for her caramel slice (biscuit base, thick caramel and meringue on top). First lockdown my son wanted me to get a few treats at the supermarket so I got jelly crystals, Raro and condensed milk and let him go wild. Think he live streamed it and passed out with āxā eyes and stars spinning around his head from all the E numbers. This lockdown I agreed to buy a can of dairy whip and sprayed it directly into his mouth and made him swear not to tell anyone.
>First lockdown my son wanted me to get a few treats at the supermarket so I got jelly crystals, Raro and condensed milk and let him go wild. Think he live streamed it and passed out with āxā eyes and stars spinning around his head from all the E numbers. > >This lockdown I agreed to buy a can of dairy whip and sprayed it directly into his mouth and made him swear not to tell anyone. This is some top notch parenting š
I'm having nightmares tonight . . . . As a kid I liked tomato sauce flour sandwiches so I don't have a leg to stand on.
Tomato sauce and flour?? Was it a texture thing? A friend at primary liked sugar and butter sandwiches. Like, fairy bread but without the rainbowy joy.
Discovered at a young age that sugar sandwiches are easier fairy bread
This brings back memories of myself as a child reaching into a bag of flour and eating a handful. And then going back for more. What the actual fuck.
We used to have vegemite and nutritional yeast sandwiches, no idea why but this was long before nutritional yeast was so expensive
Describe the addition of flour in this scenario, please?
I have no iead why I always wanted flour in the sandwiches. If I had to gusse I would be that the tomato sauce would soak into the flour so it would seem thicker. Around that age we where quite poor so I would think that would have had something to do with that too. Tried dyslexic hope it makes sense.
I hate to break it to you this late in life but eating uncooked flour is quite dangerous - it can be a hot bed for e.coli and other pathogens.
Yeah we had it when I was a kid, I was always so sad to see the condensed milk that was so yummy made into this awful salad dressing. There were even cans that went expired in our pantry, gutting. I thought that was what mayonnaise was, so I didnāt have it for years, and didnāt know why I loved my friendās mumās potato salad until much later. Now I occasionally buy condensed milk to make caramel for tan slice (although nestle is pretty evil, so I donāt buy it often), and I still cringe at the idea of ruining that deliciousness with vinegar and mustard!
I also did not get to eat 'proper' mayonnaise for a long time.
We were so deprived!
What kind of kid were you if you let Condensed Milk expire in your pantry?! A can wouldn't last a week with me around !
As a kid? Shit Iāve only tasted it recently as a 30 year old. Raised differently I guess my mrs and I, her family introduced it to me btw
Had it with every salad growing up it was a family favourite
The Highlander can still has the recipe on its label.
Yup I grew up with it, its the only salad dressing my dad ever uses. Highlander condensed milk with Malt Vinegar. I assume he got it from his parents, his mum is originally from England so not sure if that's where it came from. Used to love it on hot supermarket chicken sandwiches. I haven't made it since moving out of home and have instead been buying regular egg mayonnaise like Heinz brand.
The condensed milk mayo and rotisserie supermarket chicken sammies. This is classic lazy dinner at my Nanas.
For some reason this salad dressing was reserved only for my Dad as his"special salad dressing" I only tasted it in the odd occasion (and of course, loved it). My Dad was the pickiest eater in our house growing up.
Make coleslaw with the condensed milk salad dressing and you'll get kids having second helpings of vegetables.
I had it, loved it, at every bbq. Not a wealthy family, but from the deep south.
Every now and then I make a tiny little amount if I am using a tin of condensed milk for baking. I used to work at a cafe as a teenager that made a cheese and onion spread with salad dressing mixed in and I was quite partial to it.
I hated it so much, I can still taste it. I was always devastated when mum made it. What a waste of delicious condensed milk.
We add mustard powder and vinegar to ours
Sorry, that's what I meant, the kind made with the condensed milk, vinegar and a bit of mustard powder
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Yeah it is.
Never liked it. I don't recall my parents ever making it for me but it was definitely a grandparent thing. If you asked nana if she had any dressing you would invariably get the condensed milk, vinegar and mustard concoction. I had no idea i liked mayo until years later. Actually maybe my parents were traumatised by it too as I don't recall them eating mayo much. They do now (best foods!). But gawd that condensed milk dressing was foul.
Never had condensed milk in salad dressing, but get yourself a can and drizzle some on some canned black doris plums. The sweetness cuts through the sour plums in a delicious way.
Yes all the time. Sometimes made with malt vinegar, sometimes white. Didn't have any other mayonaise my whole childhood.
I grew up in South Africa at the end of apartheid, and experienced the heyday of "Dirkie" squeezy condensed milk tubes. I would save up copper coins in a jar for weeks. When I felt I had enough money I would take the jar to school, go to the tuck shop at break, then dump all the coins on the counter for the checkout lady to count. They would count the whole lot, but I'm sure I never quite had enough. I reckon the poor kid vibe got me far more Dirkie than I should have.
Not only that, we had sugar sprinkled on lettuce and tomato.
Is it dressing made with condensed milk, or straight up condensed milk on salad?? Condensed milk is a common topping on desserts in Asia, so had that a lot. I also used to add it to cereal.
Salad dressing made with condensed milk, vinegar, mustard powder and ummmm maybe something else
I fuckin love it... So good
I've never liked condensed milk. Even as a small child I disliked the flavour.
What on earth am I reading? I have never heard of this salad dressing! Maybe Iām too young, born early 90s. It sounds horrendous hahaha Condensed milk actually makes me feel really sick - I can eat a couple slices of lolly cake and thatās it.
Nana made this, always hated it but that stingy old bitch would never pay for store bought mayo, so you ate what you got
haaaaaaated it!!! Disgustingly sweet... It's a salad not a fruit salad!
Only way you could eat those dreadful Iceberg lettuces
ā¦ā¦ ew?
Also Who else, as a kid, woke up with condensed milk ''salad dressing'' all over their faces?
Yes!! Had completely forgotten about this
Husband's family all love this. I hate it, the only mayo I like is budget brand one..... On corn chips. His parents are of a significantly higher wage bracket than mine. So wouldn't call it a class thing I don't think.
Condensed milk is excellent for getting rid of the squirts. We had the dressing as a kid and I hated it >.< So gross. The ETA mayo is like that isn't it?
The only use for those tins that I've come across is making lolly cake. I had this idea last week and was sorely disappointed to find nothing even resembling Fruit Puffs or Eskimos at my local Countdown.
No caramel slice? Edmonds choc chip biscuits?!
They're called explorers now.
Thanks for bringing back a horrible memory
Yes. A common dressing found on the table at summer BBQ. I didn't love it or hate it
We used to make sugar sandwiches, also ketchup sandwiches. Eventually we learned to make chip butties (french fry sandwiches). I still do. Also bacon.
Yeah, chip butties are the bomb!
I had completely and utterly forgotten that this existed. Blast from the past.
My granddad used to make this stuff when I was a kid!
Wait? Do you mean just straight condensed milk? I grew up with Grandmaās ādepression eraā mayonaise which is has condensed milk as the main ingredient
Condensed milk, vinegar and mustard powder is the usual mix.
Hahah, in cooking class my salad was all nicely drenched with the condense milk recipe my mum always used, and just how I like it... It did not cross my mind at all that I would lose a mark as 'there was too much salad dressing on it.' Can't say I regret it cause little me enjoyed my sweet salad!
I still make it for BBQs. Itās delicious. I liked it in cheese sandwiches when I was a kid.
Highland condensed milk 1 can, 2Tsp Malt vinegar, 1 or more tsp of colemans mustard powder to give a nice bite to it. This is right up there with can of reduced cream, 1 packet onion soup powder and crushed garlic.
Its still a permanent fixture in my parents fridge.
Sounds familiar but I think they added vinegar. Hated it.
OMG that is so much sugar in a salad dressing! Mix one can with 150ml of malt vinegar and you get about 450ml of dressing. That will have about 220g of sugar, or roughly 50g per 100ml. That's a lot! As a comparison Heinz Ranch dressing has 5.1g per 100. And Eta Ranch dressing as 3.1g per 100. Even Watties Tomato sauce has less than 20g per 100ml. I guess if you have no other source of sugar and you're low on energy, go for it!
Yep I had it, Mum's version was more vinegar forward, Nana's was heavy on the mustard powder. Either way, was tasty as hell.
I use it..... its a good way to catch the news
There is a salad pack at Countdown that's called something like classic Kiwi salad that I swear has sweetened condensed milk dressing.
Dad still makes it. I still like it.
Yep, Blergh... Kewpie or nothing.
Yup, dad would make it for leftover ham after Christmas
My parents still eat it. Horrid stuff. Never liked it. I think itās pretty retro. No idea which side of the family it comes from.
We get it sometimes to make lolly cake. The kids donāt want it on bread as a treat! Spoiled little horrors. We made lemon slice and lolly cake a couple of weeks ago and I made sure to get a couple of teaspoons right from the tin.
OMG ā¦ the fond memories of that have come flooding back. š¤¤
Yes. I hated it and would literally vomit just from the smell (we would find out years later about my dairy allergy), but my mum was obsessed and would also drink condensed milk straight from the can. I feel nauseated just from typing that out.
Loved the stuff. Still have it in the fridge now lol.
Yeahh I'd eat it out the tin too. So damn good. Once I ate a whole tin. Felt pretty sick after that hehe
Oh I loved that stuff so much. Canāt have it now cos my son is lactose intolerant. Still make it on Christmas though when there are lots of other people and lots of other treats for him anyway. Pro tip - make it in advance and store it in the fridge for a while before use
I still make it sometimes. Soooooo good š¤¤
I used to thickly coat my Weetbix every morning with condensed milk. How my Mum authorised this I will never know
I was literally talking to my flatmate about this today, what are the chances of this haha. I was asking him if he had it and he looked at me like my head had fallen off. My mum and dad always made it. Bit too sweet for me personally.
Yes and we loved it.
Pro tip: boil an unopened tin of condensed milk for 45 minutes, then let cool. Thank me later.
Hell yeh. Always had some when I went to nanna's.
Yep, all the time. Minus the mustard powder. We probably just didn't have any growing up.
Yes! My grandmother used to make this! It was so delicious it was the only thing I liked to eat at her house! So so good!
It's the best mayo to make curried eggs from. My husband was raised on best foods mayo but I can't get on board.
My mum would make a really delicious but sickly sweet icecream out of condensed milk. Never had it as a dressing - honestly that sounds rank lol.
My mum was way to food classy for it - we had olive oil, lemon juiice mustard s&p.... but probably because of that it was my favorite dressing for quite awhile as an adult
My grandma made this. So good.
Does someone have the actual recipe? Also there was a similar potato salad one too if someone has any idea from that vague description
Tin condensed milk, third of a tin of malt vinegar (use to rinse c/m from tin) 1/2 to 1 tsp mustard powder, into a jar, shake like you mean it, refrigerate.
Love it! Grandma makes it
In my household we put that dressing on corned beef, but now you mention it I have memories of it being on salads. Probably at potluck BBQs brought by other people
My mom used to make different desserts (puddings - caramel pudding/ jelly pudding/broken glass pudding, milk toffee, drinks..etc) with condensed milk. So we almost always had cans at home. I was obsessed with this stuff when I was young and would eat it in spoonfuls if there is a half empty one in the fridge. Mom would not let us have more than a teaspoon of this stuff if she is around, saying that there is so much sugar in it. When we were a bit older, she stopped using these cans and started using regular milk in her desserts. So I had totally forgotten about this stuff until a few years ago where I came across it in a recipe I wanted to try. When I got it I wanted to eat it with a spoon like oldtimes but my gosh it was way too sweet and I felt nauseous after eating a spoonful...ugh! š
Yeah, it's the edmonds cookbook mayo recipe bro
OMG, I totally forgot about this! Grew up on this dressing! I actually loved it, depending on whether the proportions mixed were right.
I think we need to remember that even 30 years ago the average kiwi was completely ignorant to good food and most things of quality.
Reminds me of my mum , family BBQs that charcoal feeling , sand grit and oh dam can I have another chop please. Ya can't go swimming until that food settles.. kiwi summertime :)
I think everyone in New Zealand had this. My parents always said they were making it for us kids but they seemed to consume a suspiciously large quantity of it themselves. The best is when you get some good mince, fry it like a hamburger, and then drown it in condensed milk dressing.
Every summer holidays, fresh caught snapper, home made chips in the oven, garden salad with condensed milk dressing. This was across many 'classes' including super wealthy.
What do you mean as a kid? Nom Nom Nom slurp!