Yogurt maker instructions wanted

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Can anyone help me with yogurt maker instructions, just a normal size machine with 6 small jars? It is a grossag brand, though I don't think that matters. With thanks

-- Jbid Neary (seanjbid@hotmail.com), November 29, 2001

Answers

bring the milk to a simmer on the stove.

let it cool to 100 degrees or less

stir in a spoon full of regular live unflavored yogurt or a yogurt culture

put in jars in yog maker

let sit about 8 hours

-- Rose (open_rose@hotmail.com), November 29, 2001.


ok,, maybe this is a dumb question,, (lord knows they have been those),, but can/how do you make yogurt without a yogurt machine??

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), November 29, 2001.

Stan -- Yogurt will make itself if you have a way to keep warmed milk with with a Tbsp of yogurt at a warm temperature (the previous post says 100F.) In Pakistan in the summertime, we would just let boiled milk cool to warm, mix in a spoonful of yogurt, and leave the bowl out overnight, and it was so warm there that we would have yogurt by morning. If you live in a hot climate, you could do that. Otherwise, any kind of set-up that would maintain warmth for 6-8 hours, say, a heated brick wrapped in a towel with the milk mixture covered and wrapped up in a towel, or spare down jacket, or serious tea-cozy.

-- snoozy (bunny@northsound.net), November 29, 2001.

I make homemade yogurt all the time. Most of the time I use my electric skillet set on 100 degrees which I determined with a candy thermometer. I mix 2 cans of evaporated milk with 2 cans (use the evaporated milk cans) of warm water, 1/2 cup Dannon unflavored yogurt and 2 cups of powdered milk. I pour this in 1 cup jelly jars, put on the lids and set in the skillet. Add warm water to the skillet about half way up the jars. Put on the lid and let set about 8 hours. When it is set remove from the skillet and refrigerate. This makes about 10 cups of yogurt. Can also use the oven if you can preheat it to 100 degrees, turn off and leave the oven light on. The light keeps my oven at 100 degrees. I've done this overnight and it works well. Just use the same recipe.

-- Nancy (nannyb@huntel.net), November 29, 2001.

The easiest way to let the yogurt set is to heat a cup of water in the microwave--this heats the air in the microwave. Remove the cup of water and put your covered dish of innoculated yogurt in the microwave overnight. Your microwave is insulated and this will work in the dead of winter if you keep your house cool. Voila! Yogurt for breakfast.

-- Ann Markson (tngreenacres@hotmail.com), November 29, 2001.


My girlfriend and I use to get powdered milk from the dollar store mix it up and add 1 T of live cultrued yogurt to it and put it in a baking dish and put it in the oven on warm and in a couple of hours the whole dish was yogurt! It was the cheepest way to keep alot of live cultured yogurt in the house because she used 2 heeping T in every calf bottle she made. Kept them from getting the runs.

-- Teresa (c3ranch@socket.net), November 29, 2001.

Stan,

I looks like you received alot of great responses, some that I will try as well. But since you asked, heres how I make it: I brought home a small styrofoam packing box from work. It measures about 12x12x8, and has a tight-fitting lid. I made a hole about the size of a quarter in the box and inserted an extension cord into this opening. Then I plug in a regular 5-7 watt nightlight and let my culture grow overnight. I usually only place about a quart of culture into the box at a time, but I suppose this system could be expanded to meet most needs.

-- Dwight (SUMMIT1762@AOL.COM), November 29, 2001.


We usually put a gallon of goats milk in a small stock pot with about 4 oz of plain yogart on a small heating pad. Turn the pad on low. We lid the pot and cover all with a towel overnight.

Next morning we recover back the 4 oz starter, hang half the resulting yogart in fine cheese cloth for draining. Makes a fine sour cream replacement and base for dip.

The last half we use for all our other yogart needs.

-- Kevin R (kreffitt@dark-star.com), November 29, 2001.


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