Buttermilk substitute?

[Smowball]

A recipe I was going to do says to use buttermilk, but I dont have any. Can I use regular milk or is there a reason for specifying buttermilk??

[sandyRoe]

buttermilk is fairly sour. Could you put some lemon juice in ordinary milk?

[vodkancoke]

Add lemon juice to milk as sandyRoe suggested. :)

[Smowball]

How much lemon juice?? (the recipe is banana muffins btw)

[vodkancoke]

A tablespoon should do it :)

[ethandron]

A tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice in a cup, fill cup with milk, let it stand for five minutes....job done...according to a site I just googled :)

[Smowball]

Ahh that great, thankyou everybody!! : )

[brionon]

I have found a lot of disagreement on what Buttermilk is.

[LyndaB]

I have a recipe for scones that calls or buttermilk, I use natural yoghurt, it always works fine