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I just came across a good description of how to make homemade yogurt, something I have done a lot.

You can see it at the link,and I’ll add a few comments — I use either a commercial yogurt with a live culture or the brand of dry yogurt starter mentioned in the article, Yogourmet. That’s the same brand as the yogurt maker I use, and clicking on its picture will take you to it at Amazon.

If your yogurt turns out kind of stringy-slimy, it’s gotten some other strains in it. I don’t know if it’s bad for you but I don’t like it so I used to toss it out when that happened occasionally. It used to happen when I used homemade methods for keeping the yogurt hot but since I bought this thing you see, it is rarer… or maybe it hasn’t happened at all, come to think of it.

I’ve had mine for five or six years. It’s not cheap, but mine seems as good as new, so it’s a good investment.

I don’t add sweetener, which the recipe at the link mentions. I don’t usually use powdered milk either.

If you get one of these, I suggest you consider also getting a spare container. We often have one batch in the refrigerator and then I’ll make a new batch about the time the old one gets low, often using starter from that old one.

I like not supporting the plastics industry by not buying all those tubs, and buying the milk to make the yogurt is way cheaper than buying yogurt. When I’m rushed I don’t tend to make a lot of yogurt, but when I have time, I do like to do it.

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