On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:10:44 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-01-12 11:56 a.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 05:54:47 -0700, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/11/2019 2:09 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried the vinegar in regular milk today as a sub for not having the
>>>> real stuff.
>>>> Not nice. The taste was not pleasant in the baked biscuits. Well
>>>> worth having the powdered buttermilk on hand.
>>>
>>> Try lemon juice.
>>>
>>> I suspect you have very good flavor receptors and can tell the diff. I
>>> cannot, so I use lemon juice or white vinegar in whole milk. It works
>>> as well as powdered buttermilk (IMO).
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>> I tried a leftover biscuit today. They are "sour" to my taste.
>> I haven't been without liquid buttermilk in forever (but I was) and
>> when I checked my stash of powdered buttermilk in the back of the
>> fridge I discovered that it had a date of 2016 on it. :-(
>> I will repair these oversights today.
>>
>
>If it is kept in the fridge it should be good for years.
>
>
That was after the 2 year limit that I had marked on the container. I
think Saco says quality for 2 years