major? wawa? aw? Anyone make yogurt?

[meshaliuknits]

I've been making my own plain jane yogurt for the last four months or so. I made a new batch last weekend, but it didn't take. It didn't thicken up at all even though I did it the same way I've been doing it.

Is there a way to save what I have or use it some other way? Or do I have to pitch it? I hate the thought of 6 cups of wasted milk, so I'm hoping for an alternative.

[eclaires]

Hmm, could you use it for something else? Like smoothies? Where you wouldn't notice the thickness as much?

Also - did you put it over cheesecloth? that will drain some of the whey out I think and thicken it up (at least that's what MH told me on why I had to do that). We did that the last time and I liked the thickness/texture much better.

[wawa]

how does it smell?

[meshaliuknits]

I didn't run it through cheese cloth. It didn't even get to the thickness of thin yogurt. It's still milk-thin.

I admit to being too scared to smell it. If it smells ok, then what?

[wawa]

Sept 20, 2012 13:55:56 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I didn't run it through cheese cloth. It didn't even get to the thickness of thin yogurt. It's still milk-thin.

I admit to being too scared to smell it. If it smells ok, then what?

As long as it doesn't smell like bad milk I'd probably try and find something that involves cooked milk to use it in.

I woudln't try to re-do the yogurting because I feel like that's just asking for trouble. And I woudln't want to pour it into my cereal...for obvious reasons. But a big batch of something from the cooked custard family maybe (custard, flan, etc)? Rice pudding? Cornstarch pudding? Milk braised meat of some sort? A buttermilk cake (I'd add a tsp or two of lemon juice to be safe)? Just something that gets it to critter killin' temps and then doesn't involve a hold at room-temp.

I don't see any reason why those wouldn't work fine, even if it is technically super-thin yogurt. (I think? higher acid would still work in a custard, right? It won't mess up the eggs, will it? Hmmm...)

[meshaliuknits]

Sweet. Now I just have to figure out wtf I did wrong.

Thanks!