Carnation Condensed Milk

[Falstaff]

The tins were always opened with a Tennants beer tin, "top-end". spanner....this instrument gouged out a triangular coupon which had to be bunged to prevent access of cockroaches and various other Beasties.

These tins were breached with a couple of dings with a sturdy meat skewer.

Just some old memories.

Are yes, I remember it well, and still use the triangular "spanner".
We used to sell a plastic triangular spout that you could put/jam in the hole to make pouring easier.
As evap was used for cups of tea it needed to last longer, so a smaller hole with the skewer or a nail slowed down it going off, and could be blocked off with matchstick or similar. I still use a matchstick in the salt cellar to keep it dry.

 

[Woody girl]

As a kid, a condensed milk sandwich was a real treat. I got to carefully scrape out the tin after mother had used most of the contents, with a tiny bit left for me to scrape out, and spread it on the mother's pride bread and butter. Yummy!
If I need the condensed milk made into caramel, I buy the ready made caramel version...saves on exploded cans and messy sticky ceilings

 

[Keith_Beef]

As a kid, a condensed milk sandwich was a real treat.

I thought that was just a Lenny Henry/ Birmingham/Jamaican thing... never knew it was more widespread...

 

[Woody girl]

I thought that was just a Lenny Henry/ Birmingham/Jamaican thing... never knew it was more widespread...

Yep hampshire girl here, with hampshire grands and parents both sides.
I think it was a wartime thing.
I know both my grans and parents used to keep a can for emergencies and make up pints of milk from it if needed.
Also, normal milk was often boiled if the weather was hot to preserve it a bit longer, especially in the summer, as we didn't have a fridge, just a galvanised bucket and cool water, covered with a wet tea towel, to aid evaporative cooling in an outside larder, just outside the back door, on the north side of the house.
It realy works, but decant into glass bottles as especially half empty plastic ones float too much!

 

[Danceswithhelicopters]

A Church Key!

 

[saxonaxe]

At sea, "condensed', was known as 'Conny Onny' ,but I can't recall who it was made by...I think it had a pale blue label.

Pale blue labels I recall, and I seem to remember it was Nestle at that time ( late 1960's) at least in Union Castle is was.