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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
This involves a lot thinking.
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Yes, it does.
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So old fashioned buttermilk wasn't bitter?
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No, apparently not necessarily. It depended on whether or not it was made from cream/milk that was souring. I guess they started making buttermilk because some of the recent immigrants at that time used soured milk in various recipes. Then it was touted as a healthy food. Funny how we assume a word means the same now as it did a hundred years ago.
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My mother used to make homemade yogurt. It was a bit sour but a lot tastier than the stuff sold in stores. She used to sweeten it with berries and honey. Have you ever tried making this?
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I've considered making yogurt at home but never tried it.
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Wouldn't this be called homogenization?
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I don't know. It could be. I just know, if you want butter and buttermilk, stop shaking the jar when they separate.
I always wonder who first figured this stuff out. I watched a program a couple of months ago on how they used to make steel swords in stone furnaces. I mean, seriously, who figured that out?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient...ing-sword.html