> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 11:25:28 AM UTC-5,
> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
> See my suggestion to add a teaspoon of vinegar to a cup of
> milk.
>>
>> I have no idea what else to use buttermilk for, as a rule, and while I
>> COULD get it in powdered form, it would still probably spoil anyway.
>>
> Why would powdered buttermilk spoil??????????????????? For
> that matter liquid buttermilk IS spoiled milk and will keep
> in your 'fridge pretty much forever. Just give it a shake
> before using.

Why do you think that powdered food wouldn't spoil? Eventually all food
will spill. And why in the world would you think that buttermilk is spoiled
milk? It's not. It's the liquid that remains after butter is churned. My
grandma churned her own butter with milk from her cow. I know these things.