Posted by Jock on December 06, 2006 at 13:58:55 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re:Milk was cooking in Sir Garnet posted by Jenny Berki on December 06, 2006 at 12:48:16:
A question for the chemists out there - I know what evaporation and condensation are
Evaporation and condensation are both physical rather than chemical processes, although both are used extensively in chemistry.
mustn't evaporated milk also have been condensed, otherwise it would still be a gas? And condensed milk must have been evaporated before it could be condensed?
You have got the principles of evaporation and condensation down to a tee. But,
"Evaporated" milk is not really evaporated, it's the water in the milk that's partly removed by evaporation.
"Condensed" milk is not really condensed either, it's milk that has had a lot of sugar added before the water is partly removed by evaporation. I used to love the sticky, slightly caramel taste of condensed milk.