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12 September 2012

Unusual things to make with buttermilk? I have a lot left over, I know pancakes and fried chicken, what else is there?

post by: The Whelk at: 15:42 | 14 comments

Need to bake yourself up a mess of biscuits, son.

posted by Egg Shen 12 September | 15:44

home made ranch dressing

posted by argentcorvid 12 September | 15:45

Homemade bread. And biscuits as Egg Shen says. Like, duh!!! :)

posted by Melismata 12 September | 16:11

Irish soda bread. Nomnomnomnom.

posted by altolinguistic 12 September | 16:58

A ton of cakes use buttermilk as both the main liquid and the acid to activate rising. It lends a great depth of flavor. Just use "buttermilk cake" as a google term.

posted by Miko 12 September | 21:17

I made biscuits!

I kneaded them a little too much and pressed them too flat so they came out kinda hockey pucky but still full of biscuity goodness. I've got more left over! Gonna make bread products!

posted by The Whelk 12 September | 21:42

now make sausage gravy!

posted by gaspode 12 September | 21:44

Ice cream

posted by brujita 13 September | 00:50

Buttermilk pie! Really good. Very southern. Mmmmmm!

posted by mightshould 13 September | 04:52

It's not unusual, but this banana bread from Saveur is pretty delicious. Just baked up a batch this morning.

posted by viachicago 13 September | 13:50

You can use it to make smoothies/lhassis that have a little more tang

posted by rmless2 13 September | 17:23

Don't know how unusual you're looking for, but it's a pretty common ingredient in a lot of Indian (particularly South Indian) cuisine. Try Googling 'mooru' or 'majjige' (those terms will turn up the most authentic recipes, but you could also try 'buttermilk' and 'Indian') if you're interested. Or just go to Pongal on 28th and Lex and try a glass to see if you like it.

posted by Lassie 13 September | 18:22

Oooooo interesting.

posted by The Whelk 13 September | 19:43

Red velvet cake! And definitely buttermilk pie.

posted by cp311 13 September | 21:57

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