[Cheese] Buttermilk

[Jack Schmidling]

Erica Schechter wrote:
> I'm thinking about making my own buttermilk, as I love homemade ranch
> dressing. Is it significantly better than the storebought stuff? Or
> should I save the effort?

Good question when you consider how good Cool Whip is.

However, I think you will find that commercial buttermilk is as far 
removed from the real thing as Cool Whip is from whipped cream.

Traditional butter milk is the liquid and solids left after cream is 
churned into butter.  The commercial stuff is an industrial concoction 
made from by products of the industry... powdered milk, whey again, 
skimmed milk and a culture.  Read the ingredients on that label to get 
the idea.

I never cared for the stuff so I can not offer an opinion on the taste 
but I would be interested is hearing the results of a comparison.

js


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