Well, it's a week before Thanksgiving and I still haven't written much on this blog... sometimes I wonder if I should give up this page....lol

It's late (because I got the yogurt started too late in the day) and I'm tired but I decided while I am waiting for the yogurt to get done incubating, I could get the recipe for it written down.

Here it is:

Here's how we make our homemade yogurt:

Make sure all containers and utensils are very clean since you don't want to culture a bad bacteria in with your yogurt.

1: Skim off the cream (makes good butter) from 2 gallons of fresh cow's milk.

2: Rinse out a 10 quart pot (stainless steel) with water (this prevents the milk layer from sticking to the pan during the scalding). Then scald milk by bringing the temperature up to 180* over a medium fire, stirring well with a wire whip so that it doesn't burn.

3: Let milk cool to about 115*-120*. About the time the milk is 125*, heat about a quart of water and pour into an ice chest that's big enough to hold your filled yogurt containers. Close lid to preheat the container.

4: When the milk reaches 115*-120*, add about 2 cups of the yogurt* and stir in well. Make sure it's stirred in well so you don't end up with lumps in the bottom, (guess how I figured that out). *I use Mountain High yogurt from the store, when I need a culture, since it seems to set up nicely. (The next couple of times you can just use yogurt saved back from this batch).

5: Pour into 6 or 7 quart containers and place containers into the ice chest. Cover ice chest with a couple of blankets to help keep it warm if the room is cool. Let sit undisturbed in the ice chest for about 5 hours to thicken. Then refrigerate or set outside to cool (as long as it's not too hot or too cold).

6: You can then add sweetening and flavoring if desired and eat.

Well, it's been over a year since I intended on putting something on this page. Maybe one of these days I can start writing a bit more regularly. There have been things to write about but I just never seem to be able to write them down. Oh well. Maybe I can get a few things on this page...



Here is my rant from a few days ago that I posted on this page