I’m not Irish, but I have been lucky of late.
I found a recipe for homemade Ranch Dressing that uses buttermilk as its base. Really, what Ranch Dressing recipe doesn’t?
There is no buttermilk here. I cannot find it anywhere, not even online. Except,
In a dehydrated powdered form that needs to be kept in the freezer. So, I bought some, from Amazon.co.us, and will put it in the freezer. Again, lucky me.
I can’t tell you how many things I have wanted to make using the nonexistent buttermilk, and, now that I have it, I can’t remember a single recipe, except the Ranch dressing.
Let me show you what I mean.
This recipe is one I got from the YT channel That Dude Can Cook. I’ve told you about Sonnie Hurrel before; the roasted turkey, remember? I trust that his Ranch is going to be a good trial for my powdered buttermilk.
Oh, it also calls for sour cream, another very difficult dairy product to obtain. Fortunately for us, I purchased a 1/2 kilo container of dehydrated sour cream, (at the same time as the dehydrated buttermilk powder). Hah! What luck?
However, instead of mixing a quart of buttermilk, (as that is what one of the packets of the dehydrated powder requires, of which I would have to freeze all but the above 3/4 c.), I discovered that I can substitute milk Kefir for the buttermilk, without any noticeable difference, ounce for ounce, of which I just happened to have purchased (2) 500ml. bottles last week.
Why would I buy 2 bottles of milk Kefir you ask? Because I wasn’t able to buy just one. Duh!
So, soon, I will rise, and shine, make the sour cream, use the milk Kefir, and by this afternoon we will have Ranch Dressing in abundance. I don’t think I’ll make the chicken tenders as the recipe is calling for above, but will definitely use it on a salad, and as a condiment when next we make hot buffalo wings.
Until next time, stay happy, healthy, and safe. Wash, cover, and protect yourselves.
Post script: happy 22nd birthday to our first grandchild, Isaac James. You changed all of our lives in the best way possible.
Post post script: you may remember that we can no longer receive edible products from the US, so Kefir is our “buttermilk” substitute for the unforeseen future. All good.