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What's buttermilk?

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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    I find it freezes well;)
  • hjb123 wrote:
    From google definition:
    A dairy beverage liquid with a slightly sour flavor similar to that of yogurt. Traditionally, the liquid by-product of butter churning, now usually made by culturing skim milk.

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&lr=&cr=countryUK|countryGB&defl=en&q=define:Buttermilk&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

    This is right.

    If it is an old traditional recipe, it is probably real buttermilk (the milk left over after buttermaking) that is used. Unless you want to go to the trouble of making your own buttermilk, you might want to use skimmed milk instead, perhaps adding a little water to it.
    I don't think you can go to a supermarket and buy real buttermilk.
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  • corrig24
    corrig24 Posts: 156 Forumite
    You can also use milk that has gone pass it use by date (sour milk) more passed it the better as it works very similar to buttermilk. It does stink though.
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  • kittiwoz
    kittiwoz Posts: 1,321 Forumite
    You can substitute a mix of half yoghurt and half milk or milk aciduated with lemon juice for buttermilk (use about 1tbsp lemon juice to a cup of milk). If you were to substitute ordinary milk it would affect not only the flavour but also the rise since recipies which call for buttermilk tend to use bicarbonate of soda as a rasing agent and rely on the reaction between this and the acid in the buttermilk to create bubbles of carbon dioxide.
  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    I've seen buttermilk powder mentioned in American recipes & thought I'd like to try it out

    I've have a had a look on-line, but can't seem to find a retail source in the UK. does anyone know where you can buy it?
  • angeldelite
    angeldelite Posts: 2,463 Forumite
    read the title of this thread n i just gotta say..mmmmmmmmm! lol
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