noninstant dry milk
Patricia Woodard
rewoodard@comcast.net
04/17/02 		Is noninstant dry milk the same as instant or dry milk?
ellen
ellenskitchen2017@gmail.com
04/17/02 		Hi, Patricia,

Not exactly. Non-instant nonfat dry milk has a texture like flour and is mixed into the dry ingredients, while instant dry milk (such as Carnation, Saco, and multiple store brands) has been puffed with air to make it easier to mix. You can get it at most natural foods groceries.

If you can't find noninstant, you need 1 1/3 cup instant for about 1 cup of non-instant. Also, I mix the instant with the water or milk in the recipe. Instant doesn't mix into the flour so well.

debby fesmire
dubbyhope@cs.com
02/18/03 		please send me more info on noninstantmilk. If you have a receipe for buttermilk made from either products I would like to have it.
ellen

03/26/03 		Hi,

An organic noninstant dry molk is available in some natural food groceries, like organic mikk it is more expensive, but no BST, etc.

It is available in huge bags for bakeries, if you can't find it anywhere else, this might be an option for you. It is most commonly added to dry ingredients, such as when making baked goods.

It keeps only a few months once opened, store it airtight and if possible refrigerated.

It is a good source of calcium and protein, but has to be mixed with a blender or mixer for drinking.

You can make a cultured buttermilk the same way you do from other sweet milk, by mixing it up in the blender and then adding some buttermilk to let it ferment. But the simplest thing is to get the dried buttermilk, which is available in the baking department of many large grocery stores in small cans for home use.
Ellen