What is buttermilk. As it is needed as an ingredient for a recipe for soda bread?

could skimmed milk be used instead?What is buttermilk. As it is needed as an ingredient for a recipe for soda bread?
no, you cant substitute milk for buttermilk, but you can make buttermilk at home! heres how:





1 cup of milk and 1 table spoon of lemon juice or white vinegar, let it sit for 5 minutes, good to go!What is buttermilk. As it is needed as an ingredient for a recipe for soda bread?
Buttermilk is the stuff that is left over when you are making real butter from real milk. If you need buttermilk but don't have any [and the cow is out on the north forty again] you can substitute ';soured'; milk - any level of fat content from skim to homogenized, use 1 cup of milk plus 1 tablespoon of either lemon juice or vinegar [preferably white vinegar]
Ingredients:





Milk (just under one cup)


1 Tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice





Preparation:





1. Place a Tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice in a liquid measuring cup.





2. Add enough milk to bring the liquid up to the one-cup line.





3. Let stand for five minute. Then, use as much as your recipe calls for.
It is what is left over after the butterfat is taken from the milk. If you add a tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to a cup of milk and let it sit for 5-10 minutes you could avoid throwing away a qt of buttermilk.





However, skimmed milk is not much better for cooking than water.
Yes, thats all I ever have used!





Oo, I see what you mean =P I thought you meant making buttermilk with skimmed milk... That works!