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Buttermilk

Buttermilk is the liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process. It has a sour taste, which is usually pleasant when people are accustomed to it. Most of the modern, commercially-available, buttermilk in Western supermarkets is not genuine buttermilk. Rather, it is milk to which souring agents have been added to simulate the original product.