On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:23:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-09-16 12:25 PM, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 9:17:41 PM UTC-4,
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> No buttermilk in your neck of the woods?
>>
>> The recipe only called for half a cup or so, and I wasn't about to
>> buy a quart of it just for that. (Similar peeve: When a recipe calls
>> for half a cup of celery and it's only available in huge amounts!)
>
>I don't blame you. Around here a quart of buttermilk runs $2.50 to $3
>and most recipes call for one cup. It will keep for a while but that
>would mean at least four different recipes to use it up. I used to just
>use regular milk and add vinegar in place of buttermilk. Then I
>discovered powdered buttermilk. A quarter cup of that and 3/4 cup water
>gives me the one cup I need. It isn't exactly cheap, but it is cheaper
>than regular buttermilk but, more important, there is no waste.

On a hot sunmmer day there's nothing so good as to chug-a-lug a quart
of ice cold buttermilk.