Re: Yogurt maker on the way! Questions...

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Holly E. Ordway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I finally decided to get a yogurt maker... the key factor being that I 
>switched to using organic milk, so I want my yogurt to use organic milk 
>too. I ordered the Salton 1-quart machine from Amazon (at a great price: 
>$10.99) and it's on its way. 
>
>Couple of questions for the yogurt gurus:
>
>-- I believe that the normal thing is to use a bit of commercial yogurt 
>as a starter, and that you can then use some of your own yogurt to start 
>the next batch, etc, until it gets weak, at which point you need to use 
>fresh starter. Is it possible to freeze the original starter yogurt and 
>thaw as needed to start new batches? Any other tips about starting it?
>
>-- Any tips for flavoring the yogurt? DH is very fond of fruit-flavored 
>yogurts, and I'd like to make them. It seems the easiest thing would be 
>to "mix as you go": serve the plain yogurt and spoon the desired 
>quantity of filling. Alternately, I could save some yogurt cups and fill 
>those up in advance. 
>
>Other thoughts or suggestions appreciated :) I'm looking forward to 
>playing with my new toy!
>
>--Holly

Don't know about the freezing thing. 

Do use powdered milk to help thicken the yogurt.

The frozen strawberries at the market are great to defrost and add to the 
yogurt.

-- 

Charles
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