Buttermilk is the left over product from making butter. Butter is made from cream by churning it till all the fat comes together into one mass. Whats left over is a milky liquid which is the butter milk. It used to be used as cow feed or thrown away but now they are pasteurizing it and putting cultures through in it to give it a distinct tangy flavor. It should be stocked on any good supermarket in the dairy section.
No, you can substitute buttermilk for milk but not for baking powder.
Yes, you can use buttermilk with baking powder.
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Some recipes that use buttermilk ranch dressing are sometimes side meals. For example fried pickles are excellent with a creamy buttermilk ranch dressing as is a chickpea salad.
You can most definitely use buttermilk for scalloped potatoes. It will give them a nice flavor. I suggest adding some fresh Rosemary to complement the twang of the buttermilk.
Buttermilk. Buttermilk comes from skim milk, too, so in a way, it can be considered healthy! If you have no buttermilk, you can substitute regular milk with about a teaspoon of vinegar.
I wouldn't suggest using buttermilk in carrot soup. It would give your soup a soured flavor.
You can use buttermilk in a wide variety of recipes such as biscuits, waffles, bread, scones, and even candy. You can find many more recipes that uses buttermilk, and other ingredients, at Cooks.com. Performing a search on "buttermilk" on the website would bring up hundreds of recipes, which includes the items I listed before.
Yes - if you like to experiment. To be on the safe side, look in your lending library for hundred-year-old recipe books and use one of the recipes that call for buttermilk. It will produce a characteristically mild sourness. You could try substituting yoghurt in place of buttermilk that hasn't been damaged by pasteurisation and added flavours.