Home Yoghurt Making Machine

[barrys]

I'm really fed up with sickly sweet yoghurt.

Some years ago when I lived in Germany, I had a machine at home that made small jars of yogurt more or less automatically.

Does anyone know if these are available here?

[Francois]

I'm really fed up with sickly sweet yoghurt.

I'm feeling less alone

Does anyone know if these are available here?

Haven't see a yogurt maker here, neither in Bangkok. I brought mine from France.

But you should be able to do it without a Yogurt maker. Here is a way to go around

You will need a plastic box "Tupperthing" like.

Bring your whole milk to a boil and let it cool down. When tepid, add a plain yogurt and powdered milk (coffee creamer works fine). Mix thoroughly with a wisk and pour in empty yogurt cups.

Put the cups in the plastic box and add water between the cups carefully.

Close the box with its lid and let ferment around 5 hours.

If you let ferment a too long time, your yogurts will be acid, less than 5 hours they won't be firm enough...

You will probably have to go through the "trials and error" method, the famous learning by doing

Good luck

[Vital Spark]

Nice and simple recipe Francois - but here's Mr.VS's method:

You need one plain yoghurt (doesn't matter if it's a tad sweet,as you use such a small amount the sweetness will just disappear), and a bottle of milk.

Boil the milk, let it cool. Mix 1 tablespoon of the yoghurt in a cup with a bit of the milk (just to mix it). Pour the cup of stuff back in the saucepan to mix with the other milk. Pour the mixture back into the (now) empty plastic milk bottle. Put it somewhere warm (outside or in).

We leave it for a couple of days as we rather like a slightly acidic taste, and it's lovely.

BTW, if you haven't got the time (or the inclination), just pop down to All-In Hua Hin and buy a large tub from their deli. It's the best yoghurt I've tasted anywhere...and it ain't sweet!

VS

[Francois]

Nice and simple recipe Francois - but here's Mr.VS's method

Snagged

Thanks VS

[georgy]

I'm really fed up with sickly sweet yoghurt.

Some years ago when I lived in Germany, I had a machine at home that made small jars of yogurt more or less automatically.

Does anyone know if these are available here?

Nothing better then natural yoghurt... after a while even thais like it much better then the sweetened stuff.
I can get u one when we come to HH in february, for the trip next week it will be too short to get it organized.

[norm]

We made it in Australia all the time, really nice and you could add whatever you like to it. We used Easy yo, it is made in new zealand and you might be able to order it from there. You can stretch the packs of Easy Yo by adding a bit of powdered milk, to your taste.

Let us all know how your research goes would not mind getting some our self.

[barrys]

Hi georgy

Thanks a million for you offer to help.

I've sent you a PM.

Look forward to seeing you when you get here.

[Vital Spark]

I'd save your pennies (baht) if I were you Barry.

The only reason we used a yogurt 'maker' in Europe was because of the temperature. The machines are merely incubators (that's all they do)keeping the temperature at around 36 degrees to enable the milk and bacteria to do its stuff.

Ain't it nice to live in a 'yogurt making' climate . Mind you, the past few days have slowed the process a tad so we just leave it for an extra day or two in a sunnier spot.

VS