Can you guess what I’m making?
Before:

After boiling for 5 hours:

I’m now going to store these cans until I have lots of people round for dinner. But what modern classic am I making*?
* English people need not answer because it’s obvious for you.
July 29th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Fudge or nugat?I could smell of.
July 29th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Watari-san: NO!
July 29th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I guess, you made a cup whici was made by milk. or candy?
July 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Aya-san: Eh?!
July 30th, 2007 at 12:09 am
I remembered it!
Do you want me to tell you?!
July 30th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Go on then!
July 30th, 2007 at 9:23 am
キャラメル!
July 30th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Caramel? Wrong!
There’s a modern classic English dish which involves boiling cans of condensed milk for 5 hours … What is it?
July 30th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Hard boiled can of Carnetion condensed milk?
July 30th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Banoffi (or banoffee pie). It was invented in 1972 at a British restaurant called the Hungry Monk, then later imported to the US, and back to England.
Here is the recipe: http://www.hungrymonk.co.uk/pages/banoffi.htm
Here is the story of how it was invented, written by the chef who invented it (very interesting reading):
http://www.iandowding.co.uk/thebanoffipiequestion/thebanoffipiequestion.html
July 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I was quite sure the answer from Lady E,was right!
However,I’d much prefer licking condensed milk from tin rather than cooked though.
August 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I want to have it.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
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