Post by JJ Judkins on Mar 29, 2006 22:26:02 GMT -6
QUESTION: What does it mean when a recipe calls for "sweet milk"?
ANSWER: Sweet milk is just regular milk.
Back in the days before everyone had refrigerators in the home and many people churned their own butter, there was always a plentiful supply of buttermilk, a byproduct of making butter. Buttermilk was a common baking ingredient, especially in the South, so recipes would always specify 'sweet milk' or 'buttermilk.'
ANSWER: Sweet milk is just regular milk.
Back in the days before everyone had refrigerators in the home and many people churned their own butter, there was always a plentiful supply of buttermilk, a byproduct of making butter. Buttermilk was a common baking ingredient, especially in the South, so recipes would always specify 'sweet milk' or 'buttermilk.'