Buttermilk Gone Bad? How Would You Know?

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MadPhoeMom Posted 5 Oct 2007 , 10:06pm
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goodness, it says that it is to be sold by sept. 10. i smelled it, it smells like buttermilk,
if it was my family, i'd do it, but it's for a cake for sale.....
guess i'm going to walmart....

Sally

any comments?

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JoAnnB Posted 6 Oct 2007 , 12:15am
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September 10 is too old.

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kjgjam22 Posted 6 Oct 2007 , 3:16am
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that would be a very good answer....i wonder if someone can answer it based on the milk itself and not the date on the carton.

you can also make the butter milk though instead of having to take a trip.

in full fat whole milk add lemon juice and it will make the buttermilk.

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adawndria Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 3:46am
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With buttermilk, I don't go past the date since you can't tell that it's bad. If you were to pour yours out with a 9/10 date, it would probably have big lumps in it. I poured out a 9/20 carton last week that has been sitting in my fridge and it was lumpy.

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KoryAK Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 4:01am
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I'll be the oddball here... I would use it. Its not green or lumpy (I'm assuming) and besides you can use spoiled milk in place of buttermilk so what can spoiled buttermilk hurt? This IS going to be a cooked product after all...

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lorrieg Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 4:17am
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Buttermilk will curdle and get lumpy when it goes bad. And it will also grow mold. Leave it long enough and it becomes fossilized! icon_biggrin.gif

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loriana Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 3:19pm
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I have been wondering the same thing myself for a while.... can you use buttermilk a month away from expiration? I mean doesn't it just become more.... buttermilky?? LOL ok I mean sour and tangy. If you shake it to disperse the lumps, would it still be good as long as you were using it to cook with? When is too long really too long?

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lorrieg Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 4:10pm
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When mine gets really lumpy & curdly (is that a word???) I toss it. I also keep powdered buttermilk in my pantry so that I'm never without. icon_smile.gif

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