Yoghurt Maker Alert

larmy16

Coming next week to https://www.tchibo.co.uk a seven glass container yoghurt maker at £14.99 - Looks very nice. If you have a tchibo branch check it out.

bulchy

Our local sainsburys sell Tchibo products, will look out for this.
Sue

larmy16

Sue I am a complete Tchibo gadget addict. there is not much they bring out now that I have not already got! This yoghurt maker though is very tempting, even though I already have one! I bought their waffle maker and have yet to use it, it is still in the box.

I will get the yoghurt maker and my excuse is that it is in reserve if my current one ever breaks down

Ted_Hutchinson

http://images.tchibo.de/eCS/Store/uk/imagesOnline/1er.gif [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica] Yogurt Maker [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]£[/FONT]14.99 this is the same yoghurt maker I bought from my local hardware store for £19.99 last year. It replaced a kenwood Yogurella which was ancient and which had lost most of it's jars and the thermostat had died after years of overuse. If it is the same model (as it looks identical) then it's a bargain and perfectly fine. It makes excellent yoghurt with no hassle. All you have to do is warm up 1.2 litres mlk with 3 tbsps dried milk powder, in microwave for 3.5mins. stir in the starter, (from bio/probio/live /yog starter, lidls cheapo is fine) pour into warm jars and 3hrs later transfer to fridge. The purists would say raise the milk to near boiling then leave to cool to yogging temp but I never bother.

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wannabedebtfree_2

I have seen a Yogurt maker in Lakeland Limited, and was quite tempted, but this one is a lot cheaper, I know Ted has just said what to do, but I am confused, what do you mean by the starter? is it just a natural live yogurt, or is a powder? I have no idea!!

Ted_Hutchinson

wannabedebtfree wrote:

I have seen a Yogurt maker in Lakeland Limited, and was quite tempted, but this one is a lot cheaper, I know Ted has just said what to do, but I am confused, what do you mean by the starter? is it just a natural live yogurt, or is a powder? I have no idea!!

You can buy special yoghurt starters but I always use 1 or 2 tablespoons of yoghurt from the last batch. But to start from scratch I use a probiotic, or bio-live yoghurt. I've found the Lidl's ones work well, but you can use the yoghurt section from a Muller Healthy Balance type yog, or Onken are quite nice for starters (Heron often have Onken cheap) but any live natural yoghurt will do. If you use flavoured live yoghurts, your new yoghurt will retain a "Hint" of the original flavour which you may/maynot appreciate.

I've never used a bulk Electric Yoghurt Maker so cannot comment on how good they or the EasiYo™ Yoghurt Maker
are. The price of the easiyo EasiYo™ Natural Yoghurt Mixes from £7.95 puts me off using them, it's far cheaper to use a couple of tablespoons of starter from a lidl's live yog or any of the above suggestions about a litre of milk and a couple of spoons of dried milk powder, produces a just over a litre of delicous natural yog for around 50p.

annie-c

Hi - a few quick questions as I'm just getting into using yoghurt for smoothies:

How long does the yoghurt last in the fridge, once 'cooked' -I would be making for only me - so would want it to last a week or so.

Otherwise, does one have to make 7 jars at a time - does it still work with, say 3-4 jars?

Is it ok to use low-fat starter/skimmed milk?

Thanks in advance!
Annie

larmy16

Ted my boot sale yohhurella is still going strong -bless it. Charity shop £4.00.

I keep my yoghurt up to seven days but think it is still ok after this? I use it a lot in smoothies and have just started recently straining it to make superb greek yoghurt.

I believe you can use low fat yoghurt starter and skimmed milk, but it results in a thinner yoghurt? someone else may know better.

I like using the UHT milk, 2tbs milk powder and 1ish tbsp greek yoghurt (I use Morrisons) cheap and cheerful. Makes a fab yoghurt, especially strained.

I feel quite 70's these days!!!

Ted_Hutchinson

annie-c wrote:

Otherwise, does one have to make 7 jars at a time - does it still work with, say 3-4 jars?

I agree with larmy16's answers. With regard to the above question you need to be aware that all the electic container does is keep the pots at the right temperature. So I cannot see that it would make any difference if you only had 5 pots in at a time. Although the pots that come with the maker are fine you can use jamjars of the appropriate size. As both of us use the same maker my jars previously contained Lidls mustard. It's handy to have some spares as they are best used sterilised from the dishwasher and you need to use your last one to start the next batch.

I've only ever used it for the set number but that's because I eat at least one yog a day and maybe drink another in a smoothie, so get through it pretty quick. Though now I'm also into Kefir making my smoothies are usually kefit based.

cookiesncream

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

The price of the EasiYo™ Natural Yoghurt Mixes from £7.95

:eek: 7.95?! For the natural, I pay 1.49 and have ditched my glass yoghurt maker but I prefer the quickness of just mixing it with cold water (Lazy being a HUGE drawback of mine!) and you get loads of different options. My glass maker worked for me for the first 2 times and then started going all funny and we didn't like it. Not sure what I was doing wrong but must've changed something slightly without knowing it.

(Just checked link, it's 7.95 for 6 packs making it 1.33 per sachet)

Ted_Hutchinson

cookiesncream wrote:

:eek: 7.95?! For the natural, I pay 1.49 and have ditched my glass yoghurt maker but I prefer the quickness of just mixing it with cold water (Lazy being a HUGE drawback of mine!) and you get loads of different options. My glass maker worked for me for the first 2 times and then started going all funny and we didn't like it. Not sure what I was doing wrong but must've changed something slightly without knowing it.

(Just checked link, it's 7.95 for 6 packs making it 1.33 per sachet)

It can go funny if you get the wrong cultures in the mix. I expect you weren't getting it warm enough to start with. I always put my jars on to warm before I get round to heating the millk. If I was worried about it "going funny" I'd bring the milk to nearly boiling to sterilise it and then wait till it returned to yogging temp before mixing in the starter. I've had it "going funny" ie getting stringy, or poor texture, but that usually happens if I've had the original starter for ages. If you look after your yog and keep making it you can go ages before having to buy a new one. It's usually only after we return from holiday that we have to start afresh.