Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 > Having trouble finding starter. One is by NATREN, it has Lactobacillus > bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophillis, no acidophillis. The other is by > YOGURMET, it has all 3 ingredients, which is the right one to get? Funny, we can't > have fermented foods yet yogurt is fermented?? Thanks > > > we can have fermented foods. Mimi will help with this. Carol F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 First of all, please forgive me as I'm sure this has all been answered in previous posts. I have a difficult time trying to find things in the archives though. Could someone please tell me the exact directions to making goat yogurt by using a commercial yogurt as a starter as opposed to using the Custom Probiotics yogurt starter?? I will follow the directions from the pecan site (thank you for the photo directions!!),but just how would it go differently by not using the powder starter? I have a salton yogurt maker. I have never made yogurt before. Which commercial brand (name and everything) yogurt do I use and how much? Which brand/kind goat milk makes the best yogurt? I really do appreciate those who answer questions from this list--both on and off responses. You don't know how thankful I've been to you!!! cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 , To be honest, it is more economical to just use a powdered starter because the only legal commercial yogurt starters are only sold in one quart containers and you only use 1/4 to 1/2 cup for each batch of yogurt. So, the majority of the quart goes to waste before you use it up (unless you make 1 quart of yogurt per day). Also, the only legal commercial starters are all made from cow's milk and you mentioned wanting to use goat milk to make the yogurt. If you use cow's milk yogurt for the starter, there will still be cow casein in the final product. If you don't mind there being a tiny amount of cow products in the starter, then the Lyosan is an excellent starter and economical. It can be purchased in some stores and online from various sources. If you want goat yogurt with no traces of cow dairy in them, then you are going to have to use the Custom Probiotics yogurt starter. As for brands of goat milk, I like Caprine Estates and people have said only positive things about Trader Joe's goat milk. So, I would look for one of these two brands. Meyenburg produces very thin goat yogurt and the taste is quite " goaty " . Jody mom to -5 and -8 SCD 20 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Hi , Everything Jody said...... is what I was going to say. I figured if you were looking at buying a GOAT yogurt to use as starter, I'd be really, REALLY interested in knowing where in the heck you found it in Washington state, if it had only legal bacterial strains. That would be a BIG prize! It wouldn't be legal to eat (b/c not fermented a full 24 hrs)..... but at least would be a goat starter option (though it would probably originally have been started with a cow-milk based starter, and would still have a miniscule amount of cow molecules in it. ) Anyway, I hope you'll be able to go ahead and try the Lyosan/Yogourmet starter to start your goat yogurt. If you were going to buy a commercial COW yogurt as a starter, then you should be able to use the Lyosan. If you can, you can order it from Lucy's if you can't find it on the shelf at Whole Foods or some other natural market. The good Trader Joe's goat milk is Summerhill Farms, I believe. Hopefully, they have it up your way, too..... and hopefully I have not confused you even more.... I think I'm TIRED......zzzzzzzzzzzzz Patti yogurt starter First of all, please forgive me as I'm sure this has all been answered in previous posts. I have a difficult time trying to find things in the archives though. Could someone please tell me the exact directions to making goat yogurt by using a commercial yogurt as a starter as opposed to using the Custom Probiotics yogurt starter?? I will follow the directions from the pecan site (thank you for the photo directions!!),but just how would it go differently by not using the powder starter? I have a salton yogurt maker. I have never made yogurt before. Which commercial brand (name and everything) yogurt do I use and how much? Which brand/kind goat milk makes the best yogurt? I really do appreciate those who answer questions from this list--both on and off responses. You don't know how thankful I've been to you!!! cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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