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buttermilk

[buht-er-milk] / ˈbʌt ərˌmɪlk /


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Serve alongside your favorite condiments, whether that’s hot sauce or buttermilk ranch.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 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

Nichols’s large donation of ceramics to the museum included an Izumo ware teapot glazed in the creamy buttermilk hue that distinguishes its type.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

“A buttermilk bath. My grandmother used to bathe her pig with buttermilk when it got dirty—I just remembered.”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White




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