SJ,

Not too many folks will ever get a taste for buttermilk anymore. When I was in Russia a few years ago, I bought a carton of milk to try. It was cultured milk, not sweet, which was quite a surprise! Tasted a lot like buttermilk and wasn't bad once I got over the shock. It's like they always joke, "How can you tell the buttermilk has gone bad?" It's already sour anyway

My brother and his son run a cheese plant nearby and at times they have churned the cream that is skimmed from the whey off the cheese curd. Depending one the culture they use that day to "set" the cheese, the whey isn't too bad to taste, but the butter always has a good flavor compared to the sweet cream kind you buy in the store these days. Probably more like you remember.

Side Seat we grew our own buckwheat & took it to a mill in the area & had it made into flour.I still get buckwheat pancakes at restaurants where they make them. Yes they are a different taste than regular wheat but I guess growing up on them I still have the taste for them. There is a little family restaurant clear back out in the woods country here that serves the buckwheat ones yet & for being so far from everyone they do a real big business serving meals of all types esp.to the older group of people for breakfasts & lunches.