365 Organic Evaporated Milk
THE COOK’S TOUR Evaporated milk has a richer, fuller, slightly nuttier taste that powers up foods that call for milk, without resorting to the high fats of a heavy cream. Every store in North America pumps Carnation. So why have I switched to 365 Organic, especially because it’s quite a bit more of a dent in the food budget? There was a time, as your average consumer, just like y’all, that I thought “organic” was another fad label. Having spent more time researching what we cook with, and having visited an organic farm or two recently, the magic is in the method. Animals that are treated better, and graze openly, instead of being packed into big, feces-muddy lots with troughs of feed, produce better milk. If you’ve read up on my Buying Better Butter rant, you know that grass-fed cows produce some really amazing milk. Organic does not always mean grass-fed though. Some organic operations still use grains, but their feed isn’t full of fillers. Whole Foods’ 365 brand has consistently s