Does anyone make soya milk?

Pandora123_2

If you buy soyabeans in the health shop, average price for organic is £1 for 500g. This makes 7.5 litres of soyamilk, so it works out to less than 15p per litre compared to £1 to £1.50 per litre for organic purchased soyamilk. If you buy soyabeans in bulk, it would be even cheaper.

I buy powdered calcium mail-order from the US. I tried adding it to soyamilk but it was too grainy for my liking. Not sure if liquid calcium is available here, but if so, that would be ideal for adding to homemade soyamilk.

I have a SoyQuick machine and am very happy with it. Very solid stainless steel construction. You can get it with UK plug and wiring for no extra charge. If you use the coupon on this page, you get a free tofu kit and 30 packets of coagulant.

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[Deleted User]

I had one a bit similar to this but more expensive and I would say don`t bother

http://www.ethicaljuicers.co.uk/milkmaking_gl1000.php

It is very messy to use and I, luckily, stopped using it quite quickly. Just before I found out about the potentially harmful effects and clever marketing of soya

http://www.biotech-info.net/soya.html

Pandora123_2

The info in that anti-soy article has been largely disproven:

WHAT ABOUT SOY?

"Soy protein isolate" should be avoided, but moderate amounts of soy in forms like soy milk, tofu and tempeh can be part of a healthy diet, IMO. In fact, the longest-lived people in the world eat two servings of soy products daily.

If you want to see clever marketing of a "potentially harmful" product, look no further than dairy products!

BTW, the Soyquick maker can also be used to make rice milk, nut milk, oat milk & bean milks (I haven't tried this). Though I have made almond milk (without a soyamilk maker) and it was excellent.

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horses for courses as always

I use organic milk from riverford

Pandora123_2

Absolutely! What I don't understand is people who deliberately refuse to look at all sides before making a decision one way or the other.

(FWIW, the unhealthful aspects of dairy I was referring to don't just apply to non-organic milk.)

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I`m thinking granny and eggs here

Pandora123_2

kittie wrote:

I`m thinking granny and eggs here

I'm not familiar with that idiom (do you talk like that in real life? must drive people mad.)

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Seakay

jswaminathanuk wrote:

Hi,
5) How can I make Tofu
Any help much apericiated
Cheers
Swami

This seems to me to be the easiest recipe for a first go:

Homemade Tofu

Soak raw soybeans until they're fully plumped up for 6-8 hours, place them in a blender in small batches with twice their volume of water and process until they're well mashed but not too smooth then strain. Bring the strained liquid to the boil in a large saucepan and continue to boil rapidly for 3-5 minutes, then add either 5 drops vegetable rennet OR 1 tablespoon epsom salts OR 3 tablespoons lemon or lime juice. Turn off the heat and leave for several hours. Strain the curdled material onto a piece of cheesecloth, wrap securely, place in a colander in the sink or a large bowl and top with a heavy weight. Leave for several hours.

tofu should be covered with fresh water and refrigerated, changing the water daily and is best used within a week. It can also be frozen for up to 5 months. Defrosted tofu has a caramel colour and a chewy, spongy texture that lends itself to more "meaty" recipes.


These are American sites and use different coagulants:


http://www.maketofu.com/

http://www.soya.be/how-to-make-tofu.php

http://www.justhungry.com/2006/03/milking_the_soy_1.html

http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/longv/tofu/index.htm

malamala

Hi Swami,

As Pandora said above, making soya milk at home is very economical, all you need is dried soya beans and water. The maker is not cheap though, it won't justify if you only make soya milk once a month. But if you use daily or a few times a week, I think it is a good investment to buy soya milk maker.

My first soya milk maker is like the one used by Kittie above, but my opinion is that it is not messy to use, especially if you compare with using blender and cheesecloth in making soya milk. Of course, if you buy cartons of soya milk from the shops, it is carefree, but then most probably it came with addictives.

I'd love to make tofu myself, but I don't have the necessary utensils, so I have no success so far, so thanks Seakay for the links.

jswaminathanuk

Hi All,
thanks for all your suggestion.
Actually when I was considering buying SOYAmaker(3 months ago) my daughter was not drinking much Soya milk.
No she is used to it.
I am planning to buy SOya maker and spoke to my gp today. explained the problem that soya milk @ £1.25 / lr is ripping us. many times we have to throw 20-25% of it as she don't drink.
I told her that we are planning to make Soya milk at home and if she can recommend some calcium so we can fortified the milk with calcium. We can buy this over counter bt then GP will not have any idea of amount etc and we can exceed dose.
She said she is happy to recommend this. She will consult with chemist and will recommend something for my daughter.
So those who buy calcium ove rthe counter (specially for their kids with milk allergy) can have prescribed by their gp.
Now I need 3 things
SOYA MAker
Yoghurt Maker (in which I can make soya yoghurt)
Tofu maker.
I saw the link above they do SOya maker + tofu maker and some kit.
Is there any better value for money soya maker available?
I am planning to make 2-3 ltr per week (may be more if we liked the taste).
how long soya milk will last for once made. guess 2-3 days?
Any info will much aperciated