What to do with milk that has turned sour - useful ideas and recipes

Experienced housewives do not see a problem with sour milk. "Kislyak" is no less useful. There are dozens of ways to use it. You can cook a lot of delicious dishes using sour milk, or make a mask for your hair, face, or body. The beneficial substances and lactic acid bacteria it contains will help strengthen the plants in the garden and young animals. Finally, sour milk can remove stains from a tablecloth...

Dishes made with sour milk

Most people don’t think for a long time about what to make from sour milk. Most often this is:

• pancakes;
• pancakes;
• pies;
• cupcakes.

Baking is prepared with sour milk according to standard recipes, with the exception of two points: it must be heated to 30 degrees, and the soda is not quenched with vinegar.

We will not give recipes that everyone already knows. Here are rarer options:

• Homemade cheese.

Beat the egg with 1 teaspoon of salt until light foam appears. Pour it into a saucepan, add 1 liter of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of paprika or other spices to taste. Stir and bring to a boil over low heat. When the mixture coagulates into flakes and the whey is separated, strain it through a colander lined with 3-4 layers of gauze. Stir with a spoon. Tie tightly in gauze and place under pressure. Let the cheese sit under pressure for 8-24 hours in the refrigerator.

• Marinade for meat.

Mix 700 ml of sour milk with 1 tbsp. a spoonful of salt, 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper. Peel 3 onions and cut into thick 1cm wide rings.Add to marinade. The finishing touch is a small bunch of blue grapes. Place the pieces of meat in the marinade and leave in the refrigerator for 5-7 hours.

• Bread.

Mix a glass of sour milk, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 20 g of pressed yeast. Add 250 g flour. Stir and leave warm for 20 minutes. Add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sunflower oil, 1 teaspoon of salt and 250 g of flour. Knead the dough, cover with a towel and keep in a warm place for 1 hour. Sweep out, place in pan and bake for 35 minutes. Bake the bread in the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 1 hour.

Beauty Recipes

Sour milk contains lactic acid, vitamin PP and many other biologically active substances. Masks based on it help normalize oily skin, make it elastic, and hair shiny and strong.

Popular beauty recipes with sour milk:

• Hair Mask. Beat 1 egg, add 2 tbsp. spoons of sour milk, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of castor or burdock oil. Soak hair and scalp. Leave under the cap for 1 hour. Rinse off with cool water.
• Mask for the face. Mix 1 part sour milk and 2 parts brewed green tea. Soak cotton pads and place on face. After 15 minutes, remove and wash with warm water.

Removing stains from tablecloths

If the snow-white tablecloth has lost its appearance, it has stains from fruit, wine, mold, or scorch marks from the iron, you need to soak it overnight in sour milk. After that, wash it as usual. Stubborn stains will go away!

If the tablecloth is oilcloth, sour milk should be used differently. Soak a cotton swab and rub the oilcloth. The tablecloth will shine like new, and the pattern on it will become brighter.

Sour milk in the garden and barnyard

In the household, sour milk is an indispensable item.For rapid growth, they are fed to young animals: rabbits, chickens, piglets, calves. Also, fermented milk drink is very useful for nursing mothers. It is often given to chickens to help them lay eggs better.

Feeding with sour acid is used for vegetable and fruit crops, ornamental plants. It prevents the appearance of late blight, scab, rust, protects against aphids, accelerates growth, flowering and fruit set.

What supplements can be made with sour milk?

• For stunted plants. Dissolve 2 liters of fermented milk product in a bucket of water. Water plants that are stunted or drooping at the roots. To enhance the effect, you can add yeast and ash to the solution.
• For the prevention of late blight. Add 1 liter of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of ammonia, 5 drops of iodine to a bucket of water. Spray the leaves of the plants with the solution, and also water the ground under the bushes.
• To accelerate the appearance of ovaries. To 1 liter of sour milk add 1 liter of water and 1 teaspoon of boric acid. Spray before flowering begins. Feeding will promote the natural maturation of the plant.

Questions and answers

When should you not use sour milk?

If the drink has a strong unpleasant odor, a yellowish-gray color, or a bitter taste, you can only throw it away.

Is it safe to cook with sour milk?

Yes. If the milk is properly sour, it turns out to be yogurt. It is drunk and used in cooking. But if you have doubts about the quality of the milk, it has stood for more than 2 hours at room temperature, then it is better to refuse to eat raw yogurt. Use it to cook pastries or other hot dishes. Heat treatment neutralizes harmful microorganisms.

How can you tell if milk has turned sour?

By the sour smell.Sometimes it happens that milk looks fresh, but when boiled, it curdles into flakes. To avoid spoiling the entire volume, scoop the milk into a spoon and hold it over the fire until it boils.

Sour milk is a product as valuable as fresh milk. The lactose in it is processed by bacteria, which makes the drink better absorbed in the body. In order for yogurt to be drinkable, the product must be fermented consciously. Boil 1 liter of fresh milk, add tbsp. spoon of store-bought yogurt and leave it on the table in a glass container under a tight-fitting lid. After 12–24 hours, put the delicious thick yogurt in the refrigerator.