What's "Real" Buttermilk? If someone waxes poetic about the old days and refers to "real" buttermilk, they're probably talking about old-fashioned, sweet cream buttermilk, which is the byproduct ...

You can also buy buttermilk powder, made from real buttermilk, to keep on hand in your pantry. If you are a DIY’er and have the time, you can make cultured buttermilk from milk, no churning ...

But if you don’t have any on hand and need some, you can learn how to make buttermilk — or at least an adequate substitute. Real, cultured buttermilk has unique properties that make it ideal ...

This is for two reasons, according to food editor Shilpa Uskokovic: First, the consistency of many DIY buttermilk substitutes is thinner than the real deal. This usually means a higher water ...

So then, what's the "real" thing? It turns out that the buttermilk in your fridge is actually very different from old-fashioned buttermilk, which was originally the term used for the byproduct of ...