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What distinguishes whole milk from cream from half and half from buttermilk?

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whole milk is milk with all of its original fat content (homogenized in), cream is just the fat that floats to the top, half and half is a combination of these.
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i couldn't tell you about buttermilk.
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Buttermilk was originally the liquid left over from making butter. Modern buttermilk (cultured buttermilk) is regular milk that's had live bacteria cultures added to it to sour and thicken it.
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Apparently traditional buttermilk is thin and slightly tart, cultured buttermilk is thick and quite tart.
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To make buttermilk, you can "sour" regular milk with a couple tablespoons of white vinegar or lemon juice.
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