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Last weekend we found not one but TWO Salton 5 cup yogurt makers at a garage sale for $5 bucks. Now yogurt is something we go through A LOT of. When I am out of sour cream I use yogurt. When we are out of pancake syrup we use yogurt. When we are out of milk we use yogurt. Yogurt is a staple at our house and if I could afford it I would buy goat's milk yogurt because that is the BEST. Sorry a bit distracted - back to the yogurt maker. Now I know that there are simpler ways then buying a machine and one can even use ones own crock pot to make the creamy tangy stuff but five bucks -- who could go wrong with five bucks? and since the kids can do it on their own in this machine then easier for me. 1ds12y read the directions before me, cleaned both machines and was just hopping to get started so last night we put the whole sha-bang to work and you know what? It worked! We had delicious yogurt this morning without fillers and preservatives (we always sweeten our own so they know nothing about the kiwi gava go-go bean flavored stuff).
It actually was not at all monumental and proclaimed, "It tastes like yogurt". ~ what? like it was supposed to taste like angel food cake??? 1ds12y had quite the culinary experiment making a variety of flavors. I of course am still looking for the creamiest tastiest yogurt that I had some 20 years ago in Germany with my raw oatmeal (I loved raw oatmeal but always thought it was just a quirk of my own and had no idea that other cultures preferred their oatmeal uncooked. Since then RAW eating has taken on a mind of its own and everyone eating raw seems to know about my fetish). The bed and breakfast I stayed at in Germany, served it with a selection of cold cuts and cheese and I will always remember that as being a bit odd for breakfast. however my search for the yogurt continues. I have come close with goats milk but not quite so we also tried Creme Bulgare which is the same yogurt process made with straight creme instead of only milk. This too was delicious and so easy my child has declared himself the yogurt making expert though he thought that the coffee flavored one sounded a bit odd - I concurred. I may even get the gumption to put some to drain in a cheese cloth and make labneh (strained yogurt that is similar to cream cheese). It has been the best $5 bucks I've spent in a long time (okay the 2nd best because the $5 yard sale hammock was better - its all a win win situation). Now I need a cow to keep us in cream and milk so we can make lots of YOGURT either that or a goat LOL.
YOGURT FLAVORS:
CHOCOLATE - ds used chocolate syrup, hot chocolate mix and a touch of powdered cocoa for taste LOL
MULBERRY - used only the mulberry syrup that was canned back in May. It needed no other sweetener
VANILLA - vanilla and honey
APPLE CINNAMON - used applesauce, cinnamon & honey
CREME BULGARE was too delicious on its own to add anything but it would be decadent with any of the above
It actually was not at all monumental and proclaimed, "It tastes like yogurt". ~ what? like it was supposed to taste like angel food cake??? 1ds12y had quite the culinary experiment making a variety of flavors. I of course am still looking for the creamiest tastiest yogurt that I had some 20 years ago in Germany with my raw oatmeal (I loved raw oatmeal but always thought it was just a quirk of my own and had no idea that other cultures preferred their oatmeal uncooked. Since then RAW eating has taken on a mind of its own and everyone eating raw seems to know about my fetish). The bed and breakfast I stayed at in Germany, served it with a selection of cold cuts and cheese and I will always remember that as being a bit odd for breakfast. however my search for the yogurt continues. I have come close with goats milk but not quite so we also tried Creme Bulgare which is the same yogurt process made with straight creme instead of only milk. This too was delicious and so easy my child has declared himself the yogurt making expert though he thought that the coffee flavored one sounded a bit odd - I concurred. I may even get the gumption to put some to drain in a cheese cloth and make labneh (strained yogurt that is similar to cream cheese). It has been the best $5 bucks I've spent in a long time (okay the 2nd best because the $5 yard sale hammock was better - its all a win win situation). Now I need a cow to keep us in cream and milk so we can make lots of YOGURT either that or a goat LOL.
YOGURT FLAVORS:
CHOCOLATE - ds used chocolate syrup, hot chocolate mix and a touch of powdered cocoa for taste LOL
MULBERRY - used only the mulberry syrup that was canned back in May. It needed no other sweetener
VANILLA - vanilla and honey
APPLE CINNAMON - used applesauce, cinnamon & honey
CREME BULGARE was too delicious on its own to add anything but it would be decadent with any of the above
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