Buttermilk

[Tdog]

When I was a kid, my grandmother used to have a glass of buttermilk with lunch almost every day. Of course, I had to try it. Yuk - - why would anyone want to drink anything that sour & bitter was beyond me. I successfully avoided it for the next ~~ 60 years.
Recently my wife was using buttermilk in a recipe she was making & I worked up the nerve to try it again. Dang, it was not bad. Tasted a little like sour cream & cheese - - maybe blue cheese? So, do you think they have improved the taste?? Couldn’t be me, could it?

Jack

 

[1bush2hog]

Crumple up some homemade cornbread in that glass of buttermilk and grab a spoon for a real treat

 

[scott_vt]

Afternoon Tdog,
60 years ago your taste buds were a bit more sensitive, see what happens when you get old !

 

[Bird]

Jack, I know our tastes do change with age and experience, but I'm not sure mine's changed that much. I, too, had one grandmother who liked buttermilk, and one of my two sisters would occasionally drink a little of it, but I figured it was primarily hog feed; never could stand drinking it. But it is good for cooking a few things, such as buttermilk biscuits.

But I don't guess I've even tasted any buttermilk in the last 50 years, so maybe I'd have a different opinion now, too.

 

[KaiB]

I like it with warm gin...

 

[Egon]

If Grandma's buttermilk came from the butterchurn it was very likely much different than today's buttermilk from the grocery store shelf.

 

[Bird]

If Grandma's buttermilk came from the butterchurn it was very likely much different than today's buttermilk from the grocery store shelf.

Egon, there's no doubt there's a huge difference. I can't even remember the last time I noticed non-homogenized milk in the store. When I was a kid, after the fresh milk sat in the refrigerator overnight, we "skimmed" the cream off with a cup and that's what we accumulated and churned to make the butter. And while I don't remember what it cost, for awhile we were buying the buttermilk in 55 gallon barrels from a local creamery to feed our hogs.

 

[BillyP]

All I can say is it's fun to churn when your a kid and bored. Just don't get to wild and start sloshing it out. You might get a sharp peck on the side of your head

I never could stand the taste but my Mother loved it. I will say it makes an excellent dip for battered and fried meats.

 

[Egon]

We used to use a milk separator and made butter from some of the cream. Most of the seperated milk went to the hogs.

Do you ever feel sorry for all the folks who have never had the chance to drink real whole milk from a jersey cow?

I beleive most Buttermilk is now of the cultured variety.

Buttermilk

 

[LMTC]

<----------Loves it now, and loved it as a kid.