Vinegar in my pancakes.

[Graybeard]

A recipe I came across for pancakes calls for 3/4 cup of milk combined with 2 tbsp vinegar. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 min. to become sour.

When this is added to your normal pancake ingredients the results are the most fluffy and light pancakes ever!

Has anyone known of this trick and used it?

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Adding vinegar to milk is a common substitute for buttermilk.

It's usually used when there is some baking soda used as a leavener.

[Nay]

2. As Granny says, this is a quick-and-dirty way to imitate buttermilk. I believe the acid reaction

in either the vinegar concoction or the buttermilk causes more CO2 to form, thus the bubbles that make the pancakes fluffy. IIRC.

[Major Nikon]

5. That's how it works

Buttermilk has a low PH thanks to lactic acid which reacts with the baking soda to form carbon dioxide gas. Vinegar or any other low PH liquid will do the same thing. It also works with buttermilk biscuits.

[Warpy]

3. Yeah, it's usually called "buttermilk pancakes."

the acidity of soured or cultured milk reacts with the baking soda in baking powder and gives extra leavening.

[freshwest]

4. You just made buttermilk pancakes! It could be made with lemon juice as well.

Best way to make cornbread, too. Oh gosh, that would be a good thing ro cook today.

[Lucinda]

7. I've never seen that in cornbread.

Very interesting!

[freshwest]

8. Well, here you go! My version without baking soda:

CORN BREAD

Preheat oven to 450 degrees

1 & 2/3rds cups wholegrain yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups buttermilk or milk made with lemon juice*
1 brown yard egg
2 tablespoons melted butter, ghee or oil*
*Enough melted butter, ghee or oil for pan
*Enough lemon juice to clabber milk

Melt butter or add a tablespoon oil or ghee to a 10-inch cast iron skillet or baking pan and preheat.

Sift or mix together the dry ingredients.

Add buttermilk or milk clabbered with lemon juice, beaten egg and melted butter or oil. Mix until just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Pour into the greased, hot skillet. Bake in preheated hot oven at 450 dgreees for 20-25 minutes. Serve with warm butter.

[xmas74]

6. Is it in place of the buttermilk?

Either vinegar or lemon juice can be used to "sour" the milk, which should make everything pretty and fluffy.