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Greetings, I am wanting to start up my own yogurt culture and ease away from commercially produced yogurt eventually.

Any tips or secrets on how to do this from locals would be welcomed :D
 
Eskomisaloser said:
Greetings, I am wanting to start up my own yogurt culture and ease away from commercially produced yogurt eventually.

Any tips or secrets on how to do this from locals would be welcomed :D
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Hey there!

I went and bought a yogurt maker... pretty cheap, nothing fancy.

What I found was that the "seed yogurt" I was using wasn't actually yogurt at all... it was milk with added starch, stabilisers and flavourants. (virtually all of the store bought yogurt is the same). What was happening was that I'd get yogurt flavoured milk after a run in the machine.

I stumbled upon an organic shop that sells REAL YOGURT. Real, honest to goodness, thick, creamy, Greek style yogurt. No preservatives, no stabilisers, no added sugars or starch... just yogurt.

I'm gonna make a batch tonight and see if that makes a difference. It could mean my yogurt maker is k@k... but then again... it's not that complicated either. All the yogurt maker is, is a compact incubator with a timer.

I'll let you know how it works out.
 
Remember to keep some of your home made yoghurt as a starter for the next batch.
 
What is the brand of that yogurt that you are talking about, if you don't mind me asking. I'm constantly on a look for a good yogurt. The best real, real yogurt that i manage to find here is Olympus made by a Greek guy i would think. You can get it from Meze or Food lovers market, Spar shops usually keep stock as well.
 
My mother use to make real yoghurt.

She warmed the milk to just under boiling point and let it cool and mature. To this she added some greek yoghurt to begin the culture growing with and thereafter some of the previous batch in succession. I think I remember it correctly ... although I might be wrong.
 
Yep, that's how it's done. You remember correctly. Delicious.
 
Picard said:
... to this she added some greek yoghurt to begin the culture growing ...
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NB: The yoghurt used for the starter must contain live & active cultures
 
rrh said:
NB: The yoghurt used for the starter must contain live & active cultures
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Yes, on the tub it should say live AB cultures.

I don't know what the AB stands for. It could Google it ...
 
bavmorda said:
What is the brand of that yogurt that you are talking about, if you don't mind me asking. I'm constantly on a look for a good yogurt. The best real, real yogurt that i manage to find here is Olympus made by a Greek guy i would think. You can get it from Meze or Food lovers market, Spar shops usually keep stock as well.
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Jackson's Deli in Riverside shopping centre. Closest thing to real Greek yogurt I've tasted in SA. (Better than Meze... I found theirs tasted way too strong)
 
Curds and whey make a decent pure yogurt.
No additives , maize etc
 
OverKill69 said:
Jackson's Deli in Riverside shopping centre. Closest thing to real Greek yogurt I've tasted in SA. (Better than Meze... I found theirs tasted way too strong)
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Jackson's Deli is that the brand of the yogurt or the shops name?
 
3Gee said:
Curds and whey make a decent pure yogurt.
No additives , maize etc
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Checked on those guys, but from what i saw they operating only in WC area unfortunately. Otherwise looks promising. Would like to try it.
 
Chevron said:
In SA, It's yoghurt.

Flies away
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Yes, I know.

I irritates me to no end when Afrikaans people say "yoghurt", "Joo-gurt".

***!!! :mad:

It's pronounced if Afrikaans basically the same why as in English ... "Jou-ghurt", where the "gh" is pronounced the same way as the "gh" in the sport of "gholf".
 
lol - you guys need more stuff happening in your life if the pronunciation of yogurt features on your radar.
 
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