On 3/3/2013 3:32 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> 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.
>
Instead of thermos bottles, you can use an electric warming plate with
possibly a folded kitchen towel between the yoghurt bottle and the plate.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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