Re: Question re: Yogourmet starter being designed only for Yogourmet maker

[Guest guest]

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> Or, perhaps I should ask this: if you don't have a Yogourmet maker, what

> kind of starter do you use?

I have my own " yogurt maker " (sort of a double-boiler contraption

using a griddle) and I use Yogourmet's starter with no problems at

all. I can keep the temp at 110 F +/- 1 degree and run it for ~24

hours. Works perfect.

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Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08

[Guest guest]

I use the Yogourmet starter with my Excalibur dehydrator. I see no

reason why it wouldn't work with any method of making yogurt, since

the goal is always to ferment milk between the temperatures of 100 and

110 degrees.

In my humble opinion, it sounds like they are using a marketing pitch

to get you to buy the Yogourmet yogurt maker. I have one, but decided

to get the Excalibur too since the Yogourmet is small and has a

tendency to overheat (you'll probably need a dimmer switch to keep it

in the right temperature range). I only use it when I need to make a

small batch of half and half yogurt for ice cream.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> I'm looking for a yogurt starter but don't have/use a Yogourmet yogurt

> maker. It appears the Yogourmet starter is designed only for that maker.

> This is what it says along with the starter at one of the sites that

sells

> it:

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> " This starter must be used only with the Yogourmet Multi yogurt

maker (or

> our earlier model, the Yogourmet II yogurt maker). CBA yogurt starter

> requires an incubation period of 12 to 15 hours, during which time the

> temperature must be increased gradually from 23°C to 44°C (73°F to

112°F),

> The Yogourmet Multi yogurt maker meets this requirement with a heating

> system specially designed to heat in this pattern. "

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> Is this strictly true? Do any of you use this starter without using a

> Yogourmet maker?

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> Or, perhaps I should ask this: if you don't have a Yogourmet maker, what

> kind of starter do you use?

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> I currently use a very good organic plain yogurt that works very

well as a

> starter. But one person on the list said that she reacted better to

yogurt

> when made with starter rather than yogurt itself. I want to try

making it

> with starter to see if there's a difference for me.

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