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Title:How to Make them Goodies
Notice:Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
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Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

4117.0. "WANTED: Buttermilk Bread" by MKOTS3::DEXTER () Fri Oct 25 1996 15:58

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4117.1YASHAR::RONNIEBDebt Free! Thank You, Jesus!Fri Oct 25 1996 16:2012
4117.2Searching NETCAD::DREYERI need a vacation!!Mon Oct 28 1996 07:549
4117.3thank you, AltavistaNUBOAT::HEBERTCaptain BlighMon Oct 28 1996 12:5551
4117.4<GROAN> Back to the drawing board!MKOTS3::DEXTERWed Oct 30 1996 12:288
4117.5Scottish Buttermilk BreadNEWVAX::LAURENTHal Laurent @ COPWed Oct 30 1996 13:2644
4117.6What does the buttermilk do?BSS::KELLY_NATue Feb 18 1997 14:127
    Hi there,
    
    What does the buttermilk actually do for the recipe?  I don't actually
    like buttermilk but if it makes the bread moister, etc. would gladly
    give it a try.
    
    -Nancy
4117.7NEWVAX::LAURENTHal Laurent @ COPWed Feb 19 1997 10:1312
re: .6
    
>    What does the buttermilk actually do for the recipe?  I don't actually
>    like buttermilk but if it makes the bread moister, etc. would gladly
>    give it a try.
    
It reacts with the baking soda to make the bread rise.  I assume it also
will add a bit of tang to the finished product.   I don't care to drink
buttermilk, either, but often find it useful in cooking (it's really great
for marinating chicken before frying, for example).

-Hal
4117.8faking buttermilkWRKSYS::RICHARDSONWed Feb 19 1997 12:575
    I don't use much buttermilk.  So if I need some for a recipe, I often
    just add lemon juice to regular milk and use that.  You just need the
    acid content.  Real buttermilk tastes somewhat better, though.
    
    /Charlotte
4117.9NEWVAX::LAURENTHal Laurent @ COPWed Feb 19 1997 13:0110
re: 

>    I don't use much buttermilk.  So if I need some for a recipe, I often
>    just add lemon juice to regular milk and use that.  You just need the
>    acid content.  Real buttermilk tastes somewhat better, though.
    
What I've always wondered is:  how can you tell if your buttermilk
has gone bad?  :-)

-Hal
4117.10leftover buttermilk goes badWRKSYS::RICHARDSONWed Feb 19 1997 13:048
    Believe me, you won't have any question about it if your buttermilk has
    gone bad!  Phew!*  And this is what usually happens to me if I buy a
    quart of buttermilk, since few recipes use very much of it.  I wish the
    stuff were sold by the half-pint.
    
    /CHarlotte
    
    *It smells bad, it gets thick and lumpy...you can't miss it.
4117.11CSC32::M_EVANSbe the villageWed Feb 19 1997 14:047
    Charlotte,
    
    Have you tried using the powdered buttermilk?  I often use plain yogurt
    instead of buttermilk.  It sets better with my digestion.  I add water
    to it to get the thickness right.  
    
    meg
4117.12SUBSYS::ARMSTRONGsort of cast in concreteWed Feb 19 1997 14:384
    Or try making your own - regular milk and either vinegar or lemon
    juice. 
    
    ~B
4117.13NEWVAX::LAURENTHal Laurent @ COPWed Feb 19 1997 16:187
re: .10

>    *It smells bad, it gets thick and lumpy...you can't miss it.

It seems an awful lot like that when it's brand new to me. :-)

-Hal
4117.14freeze buttermilk?ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppesNina EppesWed Feb 19 1997 17:396
RE leftover buttermilk - you can freeze it, n'est-ce pas?  I remember
my grandmother and my mother freezing buttermilk in 1/2 cup or 1 cup
portions, since they used it pretty much only in my grandmother's doughnut
recipe.

- Nina
4117.15Another vote for the powdered buttermilkMROA::WHITMOREThu Feb 20 1997 10:0510
    Many supermarkets now carry the powdered buttermilk in those round fat
    cans with a plastic lid.  The brand I see has a moustache'd guy in a
    hat on the label.  *Where* they're located is a bit tricky, I've found
    them near the evaporated/condensed milk cans, in the baking section,
    even in the dairy case...
    
    I only use it for recipes, and it works fine for me - I hate having to
    buy a quart of something when you know you only need 2 tbs.
    
    dana
4117.16Saco BrandSTOWOA::ELLIS_DThu Feb 20 1997 15:462
    it's SACO Brand Cultured Buttermilk