I made old fashioned buttermilk pancakes with blueberries and pecans stirred in. I don't think many modern cooks use buttermilk in cooking but it definitely makes great pancakes. I used store bought buttermilk as I currently have no room for a cow and churn.
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Buttermilk
- Thread starter Lucille
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Randall Turner
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Buttermilk is such an odd food item. Alone it is so gross (I know some people like it) but when used for cooking it really makes food taste great.
Mech
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I use it for fried chicken ��.
I remember as a kid that I once took a sip of buttermilk from a glass. My mom poured it for me. I wondered why she was grinning....... 
LauraB
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I make my buttermilk at home (cheaper and just as good) and use a lot. As Mech said it's great for fried chicken batter, not to mention pancakes, cakes, biscuits.
One cup milk, a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice.
Stir, and let sit for five to ten minutes (till it curdles) before using.
Other options:
1) Plain unsweetened yogurt and milk whisked together to the consistency of buttermilk.
2) Equal parts sour cream and water. This is really good.
One cup milk, a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice.
Stir, and let sit for five to ten minutes (till it curdles) before using.
Other options:
1) Plain unsweetened yogurt and milk whisked together to the consistency of buttermilk.
2) Equal parts sour cream and water. This is really good.
I use a ton of sour cream. In cookies, burritos, tacos, chicken dishes, latkes, stuffed peppers or cabbage rolls. It is delicious and makes everything better.
Buttermilk I use mostly for pancakes and biscuits. I might try the lemon juice method but I buy half a gallon at a time of store bought buttermilk and freeze a bunch of containers, it freezes well.
I read an explanation one time that the thickness of buttermilk along with its acidity reacts with leaveners and is what makes lighter fluffier results; certainly the lemon juice buttermilk should bring the same results.
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I like buttermilk pancakes. I how ever used buttermilk for a different purpose. From around 12 years of age until early 20's I would get the worst acid reflux. So bad I'd sometimes vomit. All the other stuff like malox or Pepto-Bismol just made me sicker. Chug down a glass of buttermilk was just like dumping water on a campfire.It seemed to happen 2 or 3 hours after I went to bed. I'd get up and drink straight from carton since no one else in family would touch it, lol.