I am Kim ([info]riffraff) wrote,
@ 2008-03-31 20:22:00
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Entry tags:cooking, duh, ew, food

buttermilk ≠ butter + milk
I learned something today. It is not acceptable to substitute buttermilk for butter and milk. Seriously. Don't.


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[info]lizzymommy
2008-04-01 12:46 am UTC (link)
Hooboy. Yeah, ummm...I guess it helps to know what your ingredients are as well as what purpose they're serving in your food.

Typically, buttermilk is being used for a specific flavor OR for leavening purposes (acid to your baking powder). If you are baking and need it for baking purposes, add a splash of vinegar (white or cider) or lemon juice to your milk (about a tsp per cup I think it is...). If you need a sub for flavor purposes you can substitute plain yogurt thinned somewhat with milk. Heck, this also works for baking purposes, even un-thinned in some instances.

What were you trying to make?

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[info]riffraff
2008-04-01 01:07 am UTC (link)
Clam chowder called for butter and milk/cream to be added during simmering. adding buttermilk produced... less than yummy results (Abby ate it though)

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[info]lizzymommy
2008-04-01 04:55 am UTC (link)
Ouch. I didn't think about subbing the other direction. I'm firmly of the opinion that buttermilk's not good for much other than baking, or such things, but my husband drinks it straight up - which all comes to the same conclusion of us never having enough buttermilk and me needing to know substitutions.

*petpetpet* Abby is an adventurous young lady. :)

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[info]morgi
2008-04-01 02:17 pm UTC (link)
Oh man. Clam chowder is horrifying enough, but BUTTERMILK-FLAVOURED clam chowder? Gaaaaaah.

See, that's what's fun about young kids... they don't know what stuff is supposed to taste like, so they're open to new experiences. :)

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[info]vyl8
2008-04-02 01:51 am UTC (link)
ewwww.




(although I drink buttermilk straight fromt he container so perhaps it is not my place to talk.)

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[info]misch
2008-04-01 04:23 am UTC (link)
Somebody's been watching Good Eats. Or someone is really smart.

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[info]lizzymommy
2008-04-01 04:53 am UTC (link)
Hah! You say that like they're mutually exclusive! In the interest of full disclosure, I actually know all of the above without the assistance of the admirable Mr. Brown, but I'm a HUGE fan...

...and my husband looks like him enough that when my daughter walked into the room while we were watching Good Eats, she asked why Daddy was on TV. :) I'm a lucky woman!

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[info]retrev
2008-04-01 12:59 pm UTC (link)
Yea...buttermilk is called that because it's what's leftover after you make butter...at least that's the traditional method...they do some other fermentation thing these days...the moral is that buttermilk == milk-butter

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