Lo Jacobs

Do any of you do this? I am curious about how to begin. Do you use a yogurt-maker? I would prefer to buy a functional one rather than create a makeshift one.

How should I get started?

Look how happy eating yogurt is making this woman:

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Phoebe Avro

This is a great website for any DIY the link is the search for yogurt

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SimonLeo

A yoghurt machine? lol.

Just put some yoghurt in some milk.
keep it nice and warm.

Wait.

Done.


Yoghurt is nothing more than milk with bacteria that have taken a dump in the food they just ate.

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Lo Jacobs

I guess I'm asking if there's any special thing I should know about before embarking on my yogurt-making adventure.

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SimonLeo

You need the right kind of bacteria.
Every bacteria has it's own optimal temperature(depends on the kind of yoghurt you are making) but somewhere around 35 degrees should be just fine.

You can just use existing yoghurt but I am sure you can also buy the bacteria somewhere (don't ask me where because I have no idea).

Oh and you won't need to wait long: after about half a day you'll have your yoghurt (this varies somewhat depending on temperature and kind of bacteria).

btw, beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks are even worse than yoghurt.
Those are suger water with bacteria taking a dump in their own food. But unlike the bacteria in yoghurt these bacteria died because they where poisoned by their own poo.
That is why the alcohol percentage can not get much higher than 12% without distilling this deadly food.

Think of that the next time you take a drink.

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Yeah and all yeast bread is leavened by yeast farts And cheese! Let us not speak of cheese...

Relatively on topic - Ive heard using a thermos to help the the temperature stable helps. So like a thermos on a heating pad at 35 deg C or whatever they want.

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Siggy

2 suggestions (and yeah I've made my own in the past - handed down from my mother)

1. You need 'starter yoghurt' - any generic store brand will do fine, just make sure it has ACTIVE CULTURES (yep they label it so its easy to find) and make sure it's plain-jane-generic unflavored.

2. Wash your jar (well I used a mason jar) with nice hot water and let it cool for a bit (I used scalding hot water) if you like (you don't want unwanted beasties in there... I give the same advice for people doing sourdough natural yeast bread).

That's about it really - my mother made hers by putting it over the water heater in the closet.

Mind you she bought a yoghurt 'machine' back in the 70's and used it as a display - faking it for our benefit while using the water heater method for actually making it... it took me years to get this info out of her.

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eku Zhong

my mum made stuff which she called yogurt.. but really kefir.. and seems like its really popular recently.
she used a kefir mushroom (from tibet) and would put room temp milk into the earthenware pot it lived in .. and every morning drained it off.. (left it to thicken for a day or two and thats what we ate) rinsed the mushroom brainlike thingie.. (trimmed it if it got too big) added fresh milk and covered it up for the next day.

If you dont leave it to thicken you get a slightly fizzy sort of drinking yoghurt like sustance thats great whirled in the blender with some fresh fruit and crushed ice.

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Nadia

It took me a long time to actually like yogurt. And, this thread is making me wonder why I like it. I'm never going to look at it the same way again.

Argent Stonecutter

Oh come on, anything that can give us non-computer-related mouse-ball jokes can't be all bad.

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Brenda Archer

I loves me some yogurt.

Soen Eber

You really don't want to know how any food is made.

There's a reason our stomachs are essentially acid baths.

Johnnie Carling

Don't forget milk comes from cow boobs

Anyway add my vote for not buying yogurt makers, waste of money really.

Taco Rubio

Hi, Lo,*

do you have a slow cooker? If so, here is a link for you, you already own a yogurt maker, you just don't know it yet.

If it comes out too runny for your tastes just put it in some cheesecloth over the sink and let it drain until you're happy with it. I tend to cook with my yogurt rather than just eat it, so I drain mine until it's more like creme fraiche consistency. Now that I've seen your OP, I realize that's also why I look nowhere near that happy ever.

Taco

*"Hi, Lo" - that joke never gets old to me, and never will.

Jackal Ennui

And honeydew honey!

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Johnnie Carling

tip* The more fat in the milk the less runny the yogurt.

Or you can add about 1/2 cup powdered milk at the same time you add the yogurt starter. That will also thicken things up.

bladyblue

And next week we will be featuring 'Make Your Own Medical Plan' to be used after you are hospitalized for eating bacteria you grew in your kitchen.

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Argent Stonecutter

The bees clean virtually all of the bee poo out of the comb cells before they seal them up.

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Johnnie Carling

/dofts her beekeeping veil

Bees never poo in the hive.

/takes off her beekeeping veil

Argent Stonecutter

Straight Dope agrees that they don't poo in the honey, but they may poo in the hive. Not to worry, "All bees eat is honey and pollen, and (for our purposes) that's all their poop contains. It's probably the least noxious poop in existence and quite safe to consume, at least when it's fresh."

Mmmmm, mmmm!

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Siggy

It's like sausages and TV News.

If you really like it, don't EVER go and see how it's made.

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SimonLeo

Honey = Bee spit.

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Good to see that Second Life, Business, and Politics aren't your only subjects of complete ignorance Blady!

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