Music and yogurt

So it's not quite as good a title as Music and Lyrics, but whatever.

Here's my random review of yogurt and music.

I tried making yogurt from two different types of yogurt. One called Wallaby Organic Creamy Australian Style (who knew Australia had a style of yogurt?!?!). It was extremely yummy and sweet and smooth. But it was also very running and gave a relatively low-yield of yogurt compared to the Mountainland I had used before. It had L. acidophilus, L. bulgaricus, bifudus, and S. thermophilus. I loved the taste, but it was kind of sad how little yogurt I got.

Then I tried The Greek Gods also bought from Sunflower Market. It has S. Thermophilus, L. Bulgaricus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium, and L. Casei. I really didn't notice much difference between it and the Mountainland kind. It definitely produced more yogurt then the Australian style, didn't taste as good though.

As for music, have you ever noticed how radio stations play a different variety of songs depending on where you are? Seriously. In Florida, the "Hits" radio station played an over abundance of old Michael Jackson songs, the country stations only played redneck country songs, literally, if the word redneck wasn't in the song, it was surprising, and then the Latin channels only played reggaeton and cumbia with a couple Shakira songs thrown in. And of course there was about triple the number of bible-thumping preacher channels as compared to anywhere else I've lived.

In New Mexico the "Hits" were composed solely of Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguillera (this was a couple of years ago.) The country channels actually had good music. And Latin channels were only rancheros (did you know there's a Spanish version of Achy Breaky Heart? There is.)

Then in Arizona, there was actually an awesome Latin channel that played really good music, like Juanes and Maná. But the country channels were lame. And well, the "Hits" channels were good. Mostly I listened to that one Latin channel though.

In Chicago, the "Hits" had a wider variety than in Phoenix. Although Plain White Tees got a lot of air time since they're from there. The Latin channels were mostly reggaeton or ranchero. Blah. And country was nonexistent. Although they did have a Polish channel and Hindu channel.

And here in Utah, the "Hits" channels play the most old 80's U2 songs then I've heard in a long time. Latin channels are sadly all rancheros. And the country channels are decent.

That's my opinion anyway. Sorry that's just was what I was thinking about last night after hearing yet another U2 song.

And just to throw another random review in here. Has anyone seen Charlie and Lola? It's my favorite kids show. I love it, makes me laugh anyway. Here's a sample.

It worked!!

So this is the mess I made of my oven last night. That's okay though. Cleaning the oven has been on my list of things to do for the last couple of weeks. Now I just have another reason to do it.This is my method for draining some whey out of it. I used the whey in my bread today and I also used it in place of buttermilk in some bran muffins I made.This is the finished yogurt. Yum! It turned out great!! This is my kids enjoying the results with a little bit of strawberry jam added.

They both really liked it. Ana wasn't as sure. I asked her if I should make it again and she said, "I don't know." Kids. Really. Anyway, I know I will because I love yogurt. And this is good stuff.

Yogurt--Attempt Two

So I'm trying again to make yogurt. Tomorrow I'll post a picture of the mess I made of my stove but as for tonight I'll just tell you what I did. Since it was too late to try the crockpot recipe, I tried a recipe posted in the comments of that blog post. Umm... I'll have to post the link tomorrow, but it's a link someone else posted for me in my comments during my last attempt. Anyway, I boiled a gallon of whole milk on the stove, stirring constantly, but was not quick enough to keep it from boiling over. Oops. Right now I'm letting it cool to 105 degrees F, and then I plan on mixing in one cup of yogurt (which is at room tempature), wrapping the whole thing in a towel, and then sticking it into my oven (turned off this time) and letting it sit overnight. Oh, and I'm going to add two tbls of nonfat dry milk to help thicken it, because I like thick yogurt.

I'm using Mountain High Original Style All Natural Yoghurt. (Have you ever noticed all the different spellings of yogurt? Crazy eh?) It has:
L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, B. bifidus and L. Casei in it.
It tastes alright. But not as good as some other yogurts.

See what I really want is this: Dana All Natural Plain Yogurt and the rest of the writing is in some sort of Arabic. I got it at Valli, my favorite Italian store in all of Chicago. Valli, I miss you!!! Anyway, it doesn't list the cultures used. But that stuff was delicious!! I never liked plain yogurt till I tasted this. Yum. It does have a website though--oh joy!! I'm glad I found it though, now I'm going to try some of these recipes.

Also Omur Kaymakli Full Cream Homestyle Yogurt. Again delicious although not quite as good as the other. And once again the cultures aren't listed.

And yes I still have those containers, only now they contain homemade strawberry jam. Which will be perfect on this yogurt tomorrow--assuming it works. So that's that. Goodnight. Wish me luck!

Yogurt Failure

It did not work, not at all. I think it was too hot.

Lynn, what is a wonder box, and how do I get one?

Yogurt-First Attempt

Used the Greek Gods which contained:
S. Thermophilus
L. Bulgaricus
L. Acidophilus
Bifidobacterium
L. Casei

I read that yogurt's that contain many bacteria usually set quicker, but produce more whey. We will see in the morning. Oh, and if you want my recipe for yogurt, all I did was heat whole milk to 98 degrees and then added a small container of plain yogurt, covered it, and then left it in the oven with the door open for the rest of the night at the lowest temperature the oven would go to.