Buttermilk: A Savor the South Cookbook

I was thrilled to learn about this series from Garden & Gun, but I honestly hadn't planned on purchasing until the Tomatoes, Okra, or Peaches editions were published. I'm SO glad that I changed my mind! Tonight, I made chilled buttermilk cucumber soup w/ dill, followed by baked buttermilk curry chicken. These aren't dishes you typically find in Southern cookbooks...this series highlights a more eclectic menu with homey Southern ingredients. Can't wait to try the Don't-Fear-the-Slime Okra and Faux Fryers. I definitely plan to buy several of the upcoming editions!

Great recipes. Easy to read and follow. Finally, someone thought of gathering enough buttermilk recipes to fill a book. Buttermilk is great stuff for baking and cooking with. Gives recipes a great taste and baked goods are more tender.

I was disappointed in the recipes - especially a recipe for buttermilk cake. Have given the book away since there wasn't a single recipe that I liked.

I can't wait for the rest of the series. My husband bought me the first 2 as a birthday present and it was a wonderful surprise.

Easy to follow recipes for some down-home cooking! Will probably try all the recipes before the year is over. A must for your bookshelf!

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I'm sure some of these recipes are easily found online, but if you like buttermilk and want something at the ready, this book is worth a try. I have made about five recipes from this, and all but a salad dressing were successes. Today I made the hushpuppies, and they were so simple. I would suggest halving that recipe though unless you want 8 dozen hushpuppies. I used a small, one-inch scoop to measure each 'puppy,' and the dough was very easy to work with; it easily dropped out of the scoop into the oil without having to coax it out, making the process a fast-moving production line w/o frustration at all. The recipe states that the full recipe makes 3-4 dozen...I don't see how b/c I got that same amount by using half the ingredients....just sayin'. There are savory meals you can make in here too, an Indian style chicken for instance, as well as sweets, scones, biscuits, and muffins too of course.

This is a cute little book, the paper material is so great, many formulas for making something to eat or drink. I like the Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Scones recipe on page 22. Really tasty.