Today my spouse and I got into a long discussion about buttermilk. As you may surmise, I'm not the only one in this family who is easily entertained. I don't remember exactly how the conversation started. It may have had something to do with the sour milk we had to throw away before he fixed our refrigerator. However it started, I was surprised to learn that he has never tasted buttermilk. As far as I can tell, he doesn't plan to start now. I assured him that it's a very good, refreshing summer drink. Of course he started researching it on his laptop as we talked. To make buttermilk (it's helpful if you have a cow for this part) you take very rich creamy whole milk and churn it until a big lump of butter forms. The liquid that is left is buttermilk, hence the name. It's basically skim milk with a bit of a tang. As the research continued, we came upon lots of recipes using buttermilk and a tip on how to create "buttermilk" for cooking by mixing a little vinegar with milk. I actually remembered that tip from my 4H baking days. The mouth watering recipes included many variations on buttermilk biscuits, waffles and pancakes. I can't wait for him to whip up some bacon cheddar buttermilk biscuits. Yum!! I promise to drink the left over buttermilk.
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