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buttermilk

[buht-er-milk] / ˈbʌt ərˌmɪlk /


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One candidate drank a jumbo bottle of buttermilk ranch in six minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

I’ve made lovely versions with 2% milk, oat milk, almond milk, half-and-half and the random splash of buttermilk left lingering in the back of the fridge after a biscuit project.

From Salon • May 25, 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

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

“Yeah, when them black-eyed peas tell that buttermilk to move over, that buttermilk ain’t gonna wanna move and there’s gonna be war in your guts and your stomach’s gonna swell up and bust!”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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