How to Make Organic Yogurt

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Lovage — Mon, 21 May 2007 18:36:31 GMT

It's extremely hard to find raw milk where we live. (Do I need say why? I'm sure the majority of us know why.) Is there another option for raw milk. (Probably quite a stupid question!!!) Really want to try this recipe, eliminates having to purchase a yogurt maker. THANK YOU

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Fred_sj — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:11:00 GMT

Great subject. Great comments.

Questions – How long will unpasteurized organic milk last?

How do we know when it is no longer safe to use?

What symptoms would one look for if you consumed spoiled milk?

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

oathay — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:18:28 GMT

I had been using an electric yogurt maker for a few weeks before I saw Mercola's recipe. I had bought it so that I could use raw milk to make my yogurt. However, the instructions require (supposedly) heating the milk to 180 degrees first, then cooling to 110, before adding the starter. Is this temperature going to destroy the good bacteria and denature the proteins (and defeat my original purpose!)? Should I assume I could skip the heating and the yogurt would turn out just fine?

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

nomorenurse — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:54:49 GMT

Specifically for Patri....you say that since a cow or goat is "warm" at about 100 degrees, that "why should we be worried about "warming our milk overnite?"

Well, I'm not worried, but the science that you're leaving out (or not aware of ) is that both milk in the udder and urine in the bladder are sterile until they come out. Then, unless you handle that expressed urine or milk with sterile technique, then you very likely HAVE contaminated it with pathogens. So, the reason we, as humans, do worry about leaving milk out overnite, even though it came from a "warm" animal, is that the environment for the milk has CHANGED from sterile to un-sterile, and therefore the rules have changed.

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

twd — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:53:42 GMT

Looks like she is using veggie culture starter. Does it matter?

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Lee_Shelton — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:47:11 GMT

Seems simple enough. Unfortunately, it is impossible to get raw milk here in Minnesota unless you own your own cow. If you're in the city, like me, forget it. The closest I can get is vat-pasteurized, non-homogenized milk.

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mdbtgg — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:10:48 GMT

I watched the video on making yogurt and got enthused to try it at home. I went to the online shop to look for yogurt starter (which is allegedly available here according to the article) but alas couldnt find it. Can you point me in the right direction????

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

SG — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:13:23 GMT

Great job; keep the cooking video's coming!!

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Deb Mitchell — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:10:00 GMT

This is a great informational segment...I did not realize it was so easy. I find it very difficult to find yogurt to feed my family which is not full of additives...now I can do it myself. Thank you.
Deb Mitchell

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Spurple30 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:47:24 GMT

You can use a standard cooler. Pour warm water from the tap into the botton of the cool (around 100 degrees), about half way up on the jar and close the lid. I leave it overnight.

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Davia — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:26:29 GMT

I just watched an episode of Good Eats on the Food Network last night where Alton made yogurt. It was made with store-bought pasturized milk, but at least it was organic...

Anyway, he thickened his yogurt by straining it. You need a container to hold the liquid that comes out, a metal strainer that fits in the top of that container, cheese cloth, and something to put on top that will put pressure on the yogurt to force the liquid out.

I'm sure they have more details on the Food Network website, but that was the "jist" of it.

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MWC — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:20:17 GMT

This is very useful, I look forward to more videos on healthy cooking recipes.

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gtennisba — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:34:07 GMT

As a regular raw milk (and raw cheese consumer) who's dealing with recent diagnosis of prostate cancer, my research has led to disturbing information that all dairy (raw or not) includes a substance called betacellulin that promotes prostate cancer, if not other cancers. Wish it weren't true, but there it is.

Does anyone have any reliable counter-information to that?

Thanks.

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Alessandra — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:13:43 GMT

My kids react to raw cows milk unfortunately! I have trouble finding raw goats milk in Southern California. Does anyone know of a safe source in the area or any other farm that would ship raw goats milk to California?
Thanx

re: How to Make Organic Yogurt

Debrah — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:08:13 GMT

I found a useful website called eatwild.com, you can look up farmers in your state for healthy food. I found a farmer who sells "shares" in a dairy cow-- it is illegal to sell or barter for raw milk in Indiana--but one can use raw milk from one's own cow! Very innovative way to do it--plus like CSA's it helps take the risk off the farmer. Also, someone on here commented that goat's mild should taste good--all experiences with goat milk I have had were well goaty