I’m trying to remember what drove me to give sauerkraut a try. I didn’t grow up on the stuff despite being of good ol’ Mennonite ancestry. In fact, I’d never had sauerkraut at all until a couple or three months ago. At any rate, I explored how to make sauerkraut and learned it could be …
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Making yoghurt without a yoghurt maker
Techniques for making yogurt if you do not have an appliance designed for it. With a thermos Almost fill a thermos bottle (preferably widemouthed) with milk heated to 100 degrees F. Add 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt and mix thoroughly. Put the lid on and wrap the thermos in two or three terry towels. Set …
Homemade Yoghurt
I want to make my own yoghurt. Yes, yoghurt is readily available here, but the only commercial yoghurt available in decent quantities (500 mL containers, for example) are thickened with gelatin, even the ones that have some amount of yoghurt culture, as it’s called here. I suppose they call it yoghurt culture because if they …