Hypno's kick up the backside debt diary....

ZTD · 4 July 2007 at 11:34AM

pania wrote: »

tell us more ZTD? Would love to know that recipie.(sp?)
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xx

Hardly a recipe - if I can do it, it must be easy...

First, select a container - I use the 1 litre yoghurt containers out of Lidl - but you can use anything provided you can cover it.

Sterilise it - I use water "fresh" out of the kettle.

Sterlise a spoon too.

Pour 1 litre of UHT milk in - about 35p at Asda.

Stir in 1 tablespon of live yoghurt - again I use a pot of lidl's stuff.

Put it somewhere warm for 8-24 hours (depending on how set you want it). Stick in in the fridge after that.

You can pour the liquid off, or stir it in for a "drinking yoghurt" kind of consitency.

I eat it as is - but of course you can put flavourings in.

You can also add a tablespoon of dried milk if you want it thicker.

OliveOyl_2 · 4 July 2007 at 12:01PM

That's unbelievably simple!

My parents make such a song and dance about their yoghurt maker!!

thanks.

hypno06 · 4 July 2007 at 1:18PM

Thanks Z, that is a fab idea - will wait until DS comes home from school then he can get involved in making it.

We have loads of frozen apples and berries of various sorts (strawberries, blackcurrants, deadly nightshade.......) so these can be added as well. Also, I expect honey would make a greek yoghurt type thing so that could be tried too.

Loving this idea, thank you!

Seaxwyn · 4 July 2007 at 2:19PM

hypno06 wrote: »

I am sure the sun shined back in 1976........

Gosh you lot have short memories - it was blazing away in April, remember? Hottest April for 140 years I seem to remember reading.

pania, to avoid future embarrassing misunderstandings:
wobbly bits = naturist
David Attenborough = naturalist

Hypno, I eventually changed my DS from packed lunches to school dinners as he was forever bewailing the absence of cheesy string and 'real fruit winders'.

But my DD3 makes a virtue of her DFW packed lunches. She and her friends hold regular 'crazy lunch days' to see whose mother has made the most bizarre concoction and Im proud to say my DD always wins!

hypno06 · 4 July 2007 at 2:33PM

DS has been on school dinners before, and would be happy to go back on them but I just couldn't afford them sadly!

But loving the "crazy packup" contest. I am sure we could be a contender. DS has taken leftovers of last nights Bacon & Mushroom Pasta thing that we had for dinner (his choice to take it for lunch, not mine!).

Real fruit winders should be Real Fruit Windups in my opinion, although I do know of some who count them in their 5 a day :eek:

Going off now to watch him in a basketball tournament, then to drop both of them at the cinema to see Shrek.

Have written one letter for OH to claim back charges - only 8 charges so not much, but anything will be welcomed. It is all ready for him to sign and post.

ZTD · 4 July 2007 at 2:47PM

OliveOyl wrote: »

That's unbelievably simple!

My parents make such a song and dance about their yoghurt maker!!

thanks.

It has to be unbelievably simple - I do it.

Of course you can see how hard your children are - drain off the liquid and get them to drink it. Depending on your culture, it is often unbelievably sour...

Incidently, this yogurt is live and can be used to start off your next batch. Or indeed replace your "probiotic" supplements.

Verbatim · 4 July 2007 at 3:18PM

I like your style ZTD.

I too am a great believer in home made, better, cheaper weirder! There's no contest with the shop bought rubbish with e numbers.

Storm · 4 July 2007 at 3:32PM

ZTD - you might have just ruined my NSD - I want to go buy a small tub of yoghurt & some UHT milk to try it myself!

ZTD · 4 July 2007 at 3:50PM

Storm wrote: »

ZTD - you might have just ruined my NSD - I want to go buy a small tub of yoghurt & some UHT milk to try it myself!

Have you got somewhere warm to put it?

The warmer it is, the quicker it takes. Though obviously too hot kills them - but that no longer counts as "warm".

elantan · 4 July 2007 at 4:52PM

i might try this myself when i get back from my hols did the keefer thing but it just didnt look right to me would like to try that again too...hypno did that book arrive yet? ...i checked out the child tax credits not due a penny typical of me i fill in the paperwork when i shouldve damb i couldve done with the extra cash as well