On 3/3/2013 3:39 AM, Somebody wrote:
> Why does it cost more than a dollar? For little cup! I thought "regular"
> yogurt was too expensive... The greek that I checked all contained pectin
> (rather than gelatin, which even if kosher I don't want).

It's concentrated yogurt and it's a totally different product from the
commercial yogurt that I grew up with. My favorite yogurt is Greek God's
honey flavored yogurt. The added pectin is for stabilization and slows
down the leaching of water from the yogurt.

It's easy enough to make your own yogurt if you want. I used to make it
when I was a kid. When you strain the yogurt, you get a product similar
to cream cheese and I've made pies using strained yogurt. My method was
to add yogurt to scalded milk and then let the mix incubate in glass
lined thermos bottles. Simple as heck.