Using sour milk

DH and I hate to waste anything; we think many of us have too much in "western" society and, consequently, throw much away that could still be of use.  Therefore, I've been trolling the internet in search of info on using sour milk.  One blog I found quoted an old cookbook and I'm going to post that page here, so anyone else can look for themselves:
http://trialanderrorhomeec.blogspot.com/2011/12/ktt-using-sour-milk.html
The relevant portion I want to remember I'm posting myself, just to make sure it doesn't get lost if the link does.

From "The Royal Guide to Meal Planning:"

Thick sour milk, sour cream and buttermilk...can each be used in place of sweet milk if these instructions are carefully followed. Use one-third teaspoon soda to each cup of thick sour milk and add [baking powder] as directed in the recipe for sweet milk.

Because sour cream contains so much fat, the butter or other shortening in the recipe will have to be reduced when sour cream is used.

Soda can be sifted with the dry ingredients or added to the sour milk. Either method is satisfactory with perhaps a little advantage in the former.

Where other acid-reacting materials such as molasses, raisins, bran and brown sugar are also included in a sour milk recipe, the amount of soda will, of course, have to be increased slightly.

And another link with recipes that I've noticed has been quoted extensively on the net is http://www.cooks.com/rec/story/121/

And having joined a Mennonite congregation this year, I was fascinated to come across this blog, for which I'm linking to one of the buttermilk recipes I wish to try.  Hopefully, I can find my Roger's Golden syrup!

Syrup Platz recipe 

Clean out the fridge day

I had some whitefish that needed using today, so I tried a recipe out of my "Chef at Home" cookbook by Michael Smith.  Here is a link to the recipe on his website:  http://chefmichaelsmith.com/Recipe/whitefish-provencale/

The flavours were outstanding but I think I'll reduce the liquid by draining the canned tomatoes next time - the sauce was a little thin.

Hubby is also making rye bread from a recipe from an old family friend.  He got quite the workout from kneading this morning!

I made a soup from scratch (except for the chicken broth from a tetrapak), using potatoes and spinach.  I sweated onions and celery first then added a whole farmer's sausage, diced, and then put them all in a big pot with the taters and simmered with 2 bay leaves, salt and pepper, white wine and liquid smoke.  I also added 2 packages of frozen spinach.  I think next time I'll just use one.  It had a nice flavour but a little much green stuff.