by Moski » Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:43 am
[quote="Jogeephus"
Whole milk with a little melted butter in it will work instead of buttermilk.[/quote]
No, it will not. Traditionally buttermilk was what was left after butter churning. Seek out cultured milk. You can find cultures online where cheese making supplies are sold. My mother in law and her mother sometimes use "old milk", stuff that's turning sour but I never have. I've re-cultured buttermilk by pouring a cup into a quart of fresh milk and leabing it sit at room temp for two or three hours before back into the fridge. Buttermilk makes the biscuit, there is no substitute.