Buttermilk — I used to “make” it by adding vinegar or lemon juice to milk. Wouldn’t want to drink it but it worked fine for cooking/baking. I don’t remember the proportions but I’m sure it’s online somewhere
Found the book FROZEN ASSETS at the thrift store and was reading it and longing for the day when I can do some serious cooking again. I used to cook a lot of big batches of food and freeze main dishes. Soon, soon we will be out of the cabin and I will again have tools to do that. (Hard to cook much when a – as in only one – 3 quart pot is the biggest thing I have.)
But I looked up the author Deborah Taylor-Hough and found the following from her – something to think on, for me at least: “One of my daughters said several years ago that our house was the Great Salt Lake of books–books flowed into the house but never back out.” At the time she wrote that she had 2,000 book, down from her all time high of 3,500.
Not saying how many I have, but perhaps in preparation for the end of the world I can be the library (the real library keeps getting rid of books and doing more digital stuff). But, perhaps in preparation for the rest of my life without the end of the world I should consider being more judicious in my selections – and MAYBE I’ll consider taking back my joking comment about getting rid of cookbooks. 😉 Well, I’ll be thinking about all of it at least.