Sheldon wrote:

>
> Of course, drink it! Ice cold butter milk is delicious and
> refreshing... also great in mashed spuds, and excellent for potato
> soup, hot or cold.
>
> Btw, it's called butter milk because it's a by-product of butter
> production, it's what's left after the butter is removed... old
> fashioned butter milk will contain but a few flakes of butter, but
> modern butter milk contains no butter and very little milk fat
> (-1/2%).
>
> Sheldon
>

Most "buttermilk" produced today is cultured (adding a starter culture
to warm milk). Typical milkfat content is usually 1 1/2 ~ 2%.