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Article: BUTTERMILK IS MORE THAN JUST SOURED MILK.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 20, 1998
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DEAR HELOISE: I just read your hint about making your own cup of buttermilk to avoid waste.
I wonder how many letters you'll receive on that one. They will tell you that real buttermilk is not just soured milk.
It's the milk that is left after cream has been churned into butter -- a considerably richer liquid than just sour milk.
What appears on grocery shelves nowadays, though, may be a cultured milk made by the addition of certain organisms.
Using real buttermilk would produce a richer, yummier coffeecake than just soured milk made by adding vinegar. I agree that vinegar-soured milk will work as a substitute, but I doubt that it's ...