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Herb/Chile Flavored Mexican Milks?

Posted by cookbot, January 23, 2008 at 10:24 AM

On a Mexican groceries website, I saw cans of evaporated milk seasoned variously with poblanos, cilantro, chipotle, and jalapeno. For the life of me I can't imagine what these would be used for.

I asked Steve Sando, Mexcian food guru over at the Rancho Gordo website, what he knew about them, and he was baffled. Does anyone know what these oddly flavored milks would be used for?

Here's the address of the items in the store:

http://www.mymexicanpantry.com/lacteos-dairy.html

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Herb/Chile Flavored Mexican Milks?

Well, okay -- thanks for that, but exactly what are those "many Hispanic dishes", I wonder? I guess I'll have to buy some cans to see those recipes on the back of the labels!

I just can't imagine what dishes would call for a chile-flavored milk...

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Herb/Chile Flavored Mexican Milks?

I actually tried 2 of them out.. the cilantro and jalapeño ones. They're not really sweet so it's not as weird as it sounds. It's more akin to a soup or cream. Chili can indeed work nicely with a cream, ever tried poblano cream soup? They had some recipes listed in the back, dips and soups I think.

The milks themselves were OK, what I found objectionable was the radioactive green color of the jalapeño one, it seemed chernobylesque !

On a brighter note, I tried out those Doña Chonita sauces and those were -quite- tasty... And fortunately no fluorescent colors to be found
http://www.mymexicanpantry.com/salsas-para-cocinar-cooking-sauces.html
The Guajillo salsa was absolutely perfect for enchiladas.

foodiegirl82 at 3:37AM on 01/24/08

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Herb/Chile Flavored Mexican Milks?

Not that I would actually use it -- I would steep a chile in milk if I needed chile-flavored milk -- I imagine they could be any cream-based soup, a cheesey casserole, or a a white sauce.

Smacks of a marketing driven creation -- create a need then fill it.

kjgibson at 1:53PM on 01/23/08

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