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buttermilk

[buht-er-milk] / ˈbʌt ərˌmɪlk /


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The meal begins with scallop brightened with currant and rye-seasoned buttermilk, then slow-cooked reindeer, sirloin and tongue, finished over wood, mushroom purée beneath and fermented cabbage cutting richness.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The researchers found no association between dementia and consumption of low-fat cheese, low-fat cream, high- or low-fat milk, butter or fermented milk, which includes yogurt, kefir and buttermilk.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Soft, tender and just dense enough to hold its shape, these savory muffins are built on a base of flour, cornmeal, butter, oil and buttermilk — a formula so flexible it practically begs for riffing.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Chicken and Dumplings float in a thyme-scented broth enriched with cream; the fluffy buttermilk dumplings melt in your mouth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Mama just brought some buttermilk and cold corn lightbread and they sat there by me in the hall to eat it.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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