# No buttermilk in England? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988 "2009-01-12T21:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/41 "2009-01-13T15:16:07Z")
Yes, only baking, as powdered buttermilk doesn’t reconstitute. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/42 "2009-01-13T15:29:30Z")
I have a leftover carton of buttermilk in my fridge from making saag the other day. I’m not sure what to do except try and make more saag. It seems a shame to just let it sit in the fridge and rot. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/43 "2009-01-13T15:53:41Z")
Buttermilk is an essential ingredient in Soda Bread. I’ve not got a link to a recipe, but it should be in most good cook books. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/44 "2009-01-13T16:07:42Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > I have a leftover carton of buttermilk in my fridge from making saag the other day. I’m not sure what to do except try and make more saag. It seems a shame to just let it sit in the fridge and rot. Drink it! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/45 "2009-01-13T17:01:15Z")
The proper thing to do with buttermilk is to make cornbread with it, then next morning when the cornbread is left over & cold you crumble it up in a bowl and pour some of the leftover buttermilk over it and eat it like cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/46 "2009-01-13T18:19:48Z")
I spent some time trying to recreate the mango lassi you get at Indian Restaurants. The recipes calling for yogurt didn’t taste right. Then I took a can of mango pulp and a quart of buttermilk, and bingo. Exactly what I wanted. I don’t know if it’s authetic, but it’s absolutely perfect. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/47 "2009-01-13T19:26:05Z")
I just did my food shopping, and this thread inspired me to pick up some buttermilk. I’m having a big glass of it now, and pancakes tomorrow morning. Mmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/48 "2009-01-13T21:03:42Z")
I love buttermilk and drink at least two 12 oz. glasses a day. I’d go into buttermilk withdrawal if I couldn’t get it to drink! Mr. HP refuses to even touch the outside of the cartons. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/49 "2009-01-14T02:22:40Z")
I tasted buttermilk as a kid and thought it was the worst thing I’d ever tried. I was horrified that according to lore my grandfather drank a glass of it every night. (Although, from the information upthread, he may have been drinking a different variety.) But as an adult, I rather like drinking kefir with fruit. Is kefir really similar to buttermilk? My Indian friend makes her lassies with kefir. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/50 "2009-01-14T12:24:12Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The proper thing to do with buttermilk is to make cornbread with it, then next morning when the cornbread is left over & cold you crumble it up in a bowl and pour some of the leftover buttermilk over it and eat it like cereal. This was one of my Dad’s favorite snacks! I mostly use buttermilk for cornbread and pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988/51 "2009-01-14T13:54:48Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > You don’t drink it from a glass, like a beverage. It’s used as an ingredient in cooking — such as pancakes, or biscuits. Not over here in the Netherlands, though - here it’s almost exclusively used as a straight-up beverage. Yummy stuff, especially with sandwiches on a hot day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-buttermilk-in-england/480988.md?page=2)