Real buttermilk available at Best Yet this week

[coll]

There was a discussion somewhere on Chowhound awhile back about how commercial buttermilk is nothing like real buttermilk. If you are curious, Best Yet has Kate's real buttermilk on sale this week, a quart for $1.99. I know I'm picking one up!

[coll]

The corn muffins were a bust too, didn't rise much and the bottoms stuck to the pan. Almost don't want to waste the ingredients to try soda bread. Maybe I should use the rest as marinade for fried chicken. I guess if Iiked to drink it straight, it would be good, it did have a nice lemony tang.

[EM23]

That's disappointing. They were out of it when I stopped there last week, so they gave me a rain check. Based on your experiences, I think that I will not to bother to cash it in.

[coll]

Well so far I made pancakes last night for dinner, and they came out very weird....thin like Swedish pancakes. I was using my regular recipe I've used for at least 25 years, and they always come out light as a feather while at least a half inch thick. These were light and had a nice taste, but a big difference from my usual results. I think I'll make some Irish soda bread now, to make sure it bakes up decently, then I can freeze it until March, or plan to make it again with Friendship closer to the holiday. I am planning on cornbread tomorrow night and will report on that after I sample it.

[roxlet]

Very interesting! You should report on the baking thread on Home cooking to see if anyone else has had similar results!

[coll]

I will, after I make the cornbread and soda bread. And I had such high hopes!

[mark111757]

if you are in central new york state/finger lakes region, oak hill bukj foods on route 14a south of penn yan has buttermilk ( i read the label once upon a time and it said that there are flecks of real butter in the milk)

[juliemoose]

DeCicco's carries Kate's buttermilk, too.

[chowdom]

Which one, I have only seen low fat?

[wincountrygirl]

Where and what is Best Yet?

[coll]

It's a chain in NYC and the Long Island area. I believe this brand of buttermilk is also sold at Whole Foods too, though.

[wincountrygirl]

Thank you!! I hate when posters do not tell you where a place is!!

[coll]

I will try to remember next time!

[wincountrygirl]

:-)

[emarcus]

What are you going to do with it, Coll?

[coll]

First I'm going to taste it! And possibly I think people put it over cereal? Then for some baking, most likely soda bread since I will definitely know if there if a difference there. Also doing a Mardi Gras dinner for friends next month, so will save some for the cornbread. Pancakes for breakfast tomorrow? I'm not a biscuit expert but I think this calls for a batch!

Good question, I'm just excited to have the chance to check out the real stuff so easily. Once I get it my hands on it later today, I will start to really plan it out. Riverhead sometimes is the last to get new items in.....just hoping they have it!

This is what first caught my interest

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/din...

Ooh, just thought of something else....fried chicken!

[coll]

Couldn't help myself and bought two, even though the expiration date is Jan 28. I noticed a few were already gone though, I just wanted them to know there's interest so they keep stocking it.

I took a swig and it was weird. At first it tasted like sour milk, but a second later it tasted just like lemon. I am going to have fun trying all my buttermilk recipes with this variation.

[EM23]

Thanks for the excuse, nay, the inspiration to make a loaf of soda bread. I bought the Kate’s butter recently after someone recommended it on the butter thread and it is really delicious – I’m thinking Kate’s buttermilk in the bread and Kate’s butter on the bread could only be a win-win!