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Default Substitutes for buttermilk in Italy?


"Nathalie Chiva" <Nathaliedotchivaatgmail.remove.com> ha scritto nel
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"ViLco" > wrote:
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>>Many regulars here have been to italy, and Giusi is living here too, so
>>I'll >>try to ask what can I use as a substitute for buttermilk here in
>>Italy.


> You can't find "latticello"? I seem to remember having seen it in an>
> Italian supermarket somewhere. In Switzerland you can find it in> almost
> every Migros (but I take it you're not close to the Swiss> border).
> Look he http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latticello
> They say you can sub a half-milk, half-yogurt mixture for it. And if> you
> have a Kebab vendor near you, ask him if he sells Ayran. Same> thing.
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland


We are both far from Switzerland, I even farther than Vilco. None of the
above here, but I can tell you half milk andf half yogurt tastes nothing
like buttermilk. Greek yogurt resembles sour cream, but sour cream doesn't
resemble buttermilk, either.