Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The sour liquid that remains after the butterfat has been removed from whole milk or cream by churning.
- n. A cultured sour milk made by adding certain microorganisms to sweet milk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The liquid that remains after the butter is separated from milk. It has a pleasant acidulous taste. Also called churn-milk.
Wiktionary
- n. The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
- n. Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.
WordNet 3.0
- n. residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
Etymologies
- butter + milk (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The thing about the buttermilk is that it really tenderises the chicken.”
“He said that the chicken is soaked overnight in buttermilk, then floured and fried.”
Buttermilk fried chicken waffles – impossible wine pairing? | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Yes | No | Report from joey. henry wrote 6 weeks 3 days ago cut into steaks. dip in buttermilk, roll in flour, fryon med heat!”
“And because buttermilk is already acidic, you wouldn't have to use as much lime juice.”
“I think the dip in buttermilk dressing is reserved for delivery pizza only.”
“Anonymous said ... fried pickles dipped in buttermilk dressing - the ultimate!”
“Garlic bread is also wonderful in buttermilk dressing.”
“But I don't think there is anything that can't be dipped in buttermilk dressing, from fried squash, zucchini, green tomatoes, and even the latest thing-fried pickles, that buttermilk dressing doesn't make extra delicious.”
“If the batter, for example, contains an acid of some kind, like buttermilk is frequently used in griddle cakes, pancakes, that kind of thing, then the baking soda will react with the acid in the buttermilk to make bubbles.”
“I soak my fish in buttermilk overnight, or @ least an hour or 2 before battering.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘buttermilk’.
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milk phrases/words
how milk is used
it's no use cryin..., milk abscess, milk ambry, milk and molasses, milk and roses, milk arrowroot, milk ass, milk bag, milk bank, milk bar, milk-bar cowboy, milk-barred and 314 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Public List: A Horse is a Horse
Famous TV horses and their riders/owners. I was very into these as a child...
trigger, buttermilk, tornado, phantom, rafter, mr. ed, horse, silver, scout, diablo, loco, fury and 26 more...
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Salad Dressings
ranch, thousand island, Italian, Dorothy Lynch, creamy Italian, garlic ranch, Balsamic Vinaigrette, house italian, Olive Oil Vinaigr..., Raspberry Hazelnu..., Red Wine Vinaigrette, goddess dressing and 27 more...
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AGRI - milk sector
Terms used in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy referring to policy issues in the milk sector.
HU translations: input costs, retailer, trader, processor, price transmission, raw milk, milk cow, offset income losses, production quota ..., reference price, Single Area Payme..., Single Payment Sc... and 43 more... -
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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naming the rainbow
rose madder, china white, sepia, incarnadine, lily white, cerulean, crimson, ivory, celadon, mocha, gunmetal gray, lazuline and 86 more...
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clementine's list
weltschmerz, eidolon, thambos, supper, trinket, wish, accidia, der treppenwitz, das backpfeifenge..., weltanschauung, arcady, revolution and 47 more...
Tweets
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gangerh '''drinkin' buttermilk all the week,
whiskey on a Sunday ' ' ' Feb 1, 2008
skipvia Dale Evans. See A Horse is a Horse Feb 1, 2008