Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 15:30:08 -0400, "Felice" > fired
> up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>> Don't know about the rest of you, but I usually end up tossing the leftover
>> buttermilk once I've used it for a particular recipe.
>>
>> This time its principal use was for fried chicken, so I used some for spoon
>> bread to go with it and the rest for pancakes the next morning.
>> For me, that's a lot of mileage out of a quart of the stuff!
>>
>> BTW, does anyone really DRINK it?
>
> The dear aulde dad did. He also used to stuff left over cornbread in a
> glass of buttermilk and actually called it "spoon bread." :-)
>
> And I've used buttermilk well past its "sell by" date with no ill
> effect. If it passes the eyeball and sniff tests, I'll still use it.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

I do much the same, buttermilk is basically spoiled milk anyway, it just
gets more sour. I have kept a half-gallon jug in the fridge for months
and just kept using it until it was gone. It never smelled bad but I
don't know how it tasted as I don't care for buttermilk, just cook with it.

Add that baking soda to it and watch your cornbread puff up when the
acidic buttermilk turns to gas.