Well dude, the stuff I bought in Bern was indeed brownish more than once.

Hi, was looking for buttermilk myself this weekend - tried "Blanc battu" bought at Migro and think this is what we would refer to as buttermilk. Thick, white and tasted like buttermilk - was a hit with me. Hope this helps.

buy some cream, whisk it until it turns to butter (put a tea towel over the bowl as it will splash) what is left over is butter milk.

I've seen buttermilk in both coop and migros, most shops seem to have it even the small ones

It's not as tasty as the Dutch buttermilch, though. It's a bit too sour for me.

Buttermilk is white, (at least in Zurich it is white )

will be using it for chocolate cupcakes.......

Dutch buttermilk is the best.

Pather, the buttermilk I bought in Bern looked nothing like your pic. I'm glad because I love to use the stuff in baking, and now I live near Zurich.

Hey dude (or is it dudette?). I found buttermilk! White, thick and it smelled just as expected. Hoo-ray. Now I can make pancakes. Glad to know I was wrong.

Now I wonder if sauermilch is the thin brown stuff, different from buttermilk. Whatever....

hiee,

buttermil is sum thing wht can be made at home it is very eassy for one person add 2 spoons of plain yoghurt 1 glass of water 1 glass of milk if want sweet add sugar if salty add salt and blend it ..

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dudette, no problem, i couldnt allow the EF community to think that Swiss buttermilk is brown!

If you live around Geneva or Nyon this store will have several US products, hope this information helps.

Regards,

http://www.americanmarket.ch/

Buttermilk isn't really a "American product" plus I'm not sure the American store carries fresh dairy items.

Having said that you can get Bisquick buttermilk pancake dry mix at the American store.

So, I went to the coop in Winterthur the other day and looked for buttermilk. There was this stuff called saure buttermilch. I didn't buy it, but I think that's what I got before...thin runny...maybe more of an ecru color ... Brown might have been an exaggeration on my part. The stuff from migros was definitely different, thick, white and didn't say "saure".

There are two different kinds of buttermilk... at least in English.

One is thin and runny which is what is left over from making butter.
The other is more of like a soured milk. Neither are brown.

There their is sour milk... which I don't think in English we call buttermilk....

Confusing! To say the least.

This buttermilk is available at Russian Shop in Bern and in some shops in Geneva: