making yogurt with an Excalibur...

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to this group, though we've followed the

SCD for about 18 months now (my son has Crohn's and is in complete

remission!).

Immediately after his diagnosis I ordered the Yogourmet

yogurt maker. I have read previous posts here about the Excalibur,

though, and now I'm really curious. Why is it better? Someone give

me the hard sell! Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I definitely prefer the Excalibur over the Yogourmet for 2 reasons:

you can make as much as 8 quarts at one time (we are big time yogurt

eaters), and you can set the temperature at 105 and it stays that way.

No more using a dimmer switch and checking the temperature like with

the Yogourmet.

I also look forward to dehydrating fruits and veggies, but the only

thing I've done so far is some parsley. It would be fun to do beef

jerky too, but that's quite a ways off for me yet.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to this group, though we've followed the

> SCD for about 18 months now (my son has Crohn's and is in complete

> remission!).

>

> Immediately after his diagnosis I ordered the Yogourmet

> yogurt maker. I have read previous posts here about the Excalibur,

> though, and now I'm really curious. Why is it better? Someone give

> me the hard sell! Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

I recently purchased the Excalibur 3000 because it has a timer and

I'm not sorry that I splurged. I got it here:

http://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/about.htm

It has lots of space - I can dry stuff on trays and fit lots of

yogurt jars in it (the temperature for each kind of food may vary

though and they have a setting for the common types of food).

My Yogourmet started to burn up a bit (overheat) which didn't

actually happen until about a year into its use. If I only wanted to

make yogurt I would have purchased the dimmer switch, but since we

love dried fruits and jerky, it was a no-brainer.

I keep the dehydrator in the garage because it is a bit noisy and it

does heat up the surrounding space to some degree. I originally had

it in the pantry, but the space began to heat up.

The yogurt comes out perfectly every time! What a pleasure. I hope it

lasts a while!

a

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