easiyo yogurt maker any good? or make your own? (merged)

pebbles88

i love love love the banana easiyo... im gonna try that with some uht milk this weekend, fingers crossed it works :-)

lolly1981

hello
i have just recieved an old PIFCO yogurt maker unfortunatly it has no instructions and i have no idea what im doing lol
anyone have or used one of these and how do i use it...oh and it doesnt have all the jars in it, it has some missing will that make a difference...any help would be appreciated
thanks

zzzLazyDaisy

Hi, I am a regular contributor to MSE, but new to OS.

I have recently started to make my own yogurt, and have been using a 0.5 lite wide mouthed food flask, which is great but not big enough.

So I am looking for a 1 litre food flask, but most of them seem to be stainless steel, which is no good because it makes the yogurt go runny (I strain it to make a greek style yogurt).

Does anyone know of a plastic or glass one?

Many thanks for your help

Daisy

anguk

I don't know about a food flask but Lakeland have the Easiyo yoghurt maker on half price at £6.84. You don't have to use the Easiyo sachets, I've just been making "normal" yoghurt in it. A couple of tablespoons of starter with 1 litre of room temperature uht milk mixed in the jar, fill the easiyo with boiling water, pop the jar in, leave overnight and you've got perfect yoghurt in the morning.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/easiyo!TRADE-yoghurt-maker/F/keyword/easiyo/product/7531

powershopper

most supermarkets- and Boots- will have big Thermos flasks, I use a 1.5 ltr monster that I no longer use for drinks now the kids have all left, blue plastic outside, glass inside, use it weekly, works a treat. Actually, I bet they will have all been taken off the shelves to make room for Xmas rubbish. grrrrr too soon, too soon

zzzLazyDaisy

powershopper wrote: »

most supermarkets- and Boots- will have big Thermos flasks, I use a 1.5 ltr monster that I no longer use for drinks

I have one of those, but because I like to make thick yogurt it isn't as easy to get the yogurt out and clean it afterwards as the wide mouthed food flasks. So Ideally I'd like a 1 litre (or larger) food flask, rather than the traditional liquid flasks.

zzzLazyDaisy

anguk wrote: »

I don't know about a food flask but Lakeland have the Easiyo yoghurt maker on half price at £6.84.

Thanks, I have ordered one!

Penelope_Penguin

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Thanks, I have ordered one!

Thta's what I have - from Freecycle :T I'll add this to the Easiyo thread so that you can see how others make yoghurt

Penny. x

Primrose

I have an EasiYo kit and certainly don't rely on buying the mixes all the time which I do find expensive, although convenient. To regenerate I just reserve a couple of tablespoons of the yoghurt and mix it with room temperature UHT milk. It's important to use UHT and not ordinary milk otherwise it won't set. I only regenerate twice and then use another packet for the next mix. This reduces the cost considerably. Years ago I used to make yoghurt in a wide necked flask but it developed an infection because I wasn't able to clean/sterlise the inside at a hot enough temperature and after that was unsuccessful at getting good yoghurt from this method. If you eat a lot of yoghurt, I think the EasyYo kit will be more convenient for you in the long run.

zzzLazyDaisy

Thanks for your comments Primrose. One of the things I don't like about making yog in a normal 1 litre flask is the difficulty in cleaning it properly, especially as I like to make thick yog. So I am looking forward to making yog in a removable plastic container that can easily be washed.

A couple of other questions - is the plastic inner container dishwasher proof?

Also, I see that Lakeland sell spare extra containers separately - do these have lids, and are they worth buying? I make yog everyday, so I guess it would mean that I can keep the yog in the container and alternate the containers?

Thanks for all the advice!