Buttermilk substitute?

thriftykitty

I live in a city without a car and cannot find buttermilk in any shop! My biggest supermarket I can access is a Mr S and even that's not that big. So was just wondering if there's anything I can use as a substitute instead? Its mainly for cakes etc.

Thank you!

jammy_dodger

i add teasppon of lemonjuice ( stuff out of a bottle ) to milk works fine for me , seemingly can usre natural yoghurt too but lemon juice and milk a cheaper alternative

cpt574

Hi, you can make your own buttermilk, add 15ml of lemon juice(or vinegar) to 250ml of milk and leave it stand for 5 mins then use it instead of buttermilk.

bluebag

My mum has been baking for over 60 years and has used sour miilk instead of buttermilk in many recipes.
She makes a mean soda bread with it.

LSEdwards

According to Hugh FW on Channel 4 this evening, you can also use plain yoghurt instead of butter milk in soda bread.

thriftykitty

Ok thanks everyone! Will be trying out the lemon juice and milk trick.
I've heard about using natural yoghurt in soda bread so might give that a go, too as it's a lot easier to get hold of! :j

loucroft

Yes just watching that program too and they look soooo tasty, recipe here says live but he said plain yoghurt on the show, same thing :

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/classic-soda-bread-recipe_p_1.html

zippychick

The lemon juice and milk trick works for me every time

this thread - HM buttermilk should offer some help and suggestion

I'll merge this later
thanks
Zip

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bluebag wrote: »

My mum has been baking for over 60 years and has used sour miilk instead of buttermilk in many recipes.
She makes a mean soda bread with it.

Mmmm soda scones I love them,my late Dad used to make a pile on a Saturday afternoon and they were gorgeous.He too used milk that was on the turn,not hard in the late 1940s as we had no fridge.We had a big cast iron girdle that he put on the top of the stove and I would watch the round of scones rising on that .The smell was to die for .They would burn your tongue as you could never wait for them to cool down properly, all floury and melt in the mouth, and even toasted on Monday morning instead of bread they were terrific.Nothing like the soda scones you see in the supermarkets

Hellyboo

Nigella says you can substitute runny yohgurt

foxgloves

I substitute milk with a squirt of fresh lemon juice. It starts souring it pretty quickly and seems fine in baking recipes.