Homemade yogurt – nobody sick yet
With some extra time on my hands this weekend I made my own yogurt from this recipe. It sounds intimidating, but is was a snap. I considered buying a fancy-pants commercial/electric maker, but then I thought “what did people do a hundred years ago” and decided I would give the low-tech way a try. A 1/2 gallon of local Northwest milk (purchased at Ralph’s Thriftway), a couple of tablespoons of plain yogurt I already had and 6 hours later we had delicious yogurt. No sugar, preservatives, etc. etc. I was afraid that the cooler it was fermenting in would get too cold, but it wasn’t a problem. I mixed up a batch, headed to the Skyline drive-in in Shelton to watch Kung Fu Panda with the family and when I got back it was ready.
Now I am thinking about all the other things I can make with it- in baking, raita, mixing it with the fresh raspberries from our CSA or blueberries from our bushes out back. I many never buy yogurt from a store again.
July 14, 2008 at 9:01 pm
You inspire me! I recently made my own cream cheese (yum!) I’ll never eat Philly again. What are you going to try next? Have you ever tried kefir?
August 2, 2008 at 12:57 pm
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