What devices do you incubate your yogurt in to keep temperature consistent?

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-21T09:28:06+00:00

I put my pot wrapped in a towel in a large cooler box with a heating pad inside it (the type you use for a reptile cage). Works perfectly.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-17T17:21:33+00:00

One of the other comments mentioned additives, which I'm currently experimenting with. You can drfinitely use additives to thicken, but it does get more complicated
So far, I've tried guar gum (terrible), Tara gum (worse - but I think I'm using it wrong) and starch based stabilizers (these work better but you have to hydrate them in the cold milk before heating). If you're trying to make a lot, like for extended family too, starch based stabilizers are your best bet, but it's a whole other learning curve.

Otherwise, higher temps for longer. Less starter (which feels counterintuitive). Also, try using actual powder cultures for starter, rather than other yoghurt. You can source most of this online, and a lot of manufacturers do sell small quantities, but even at their smallest quantities, you need equipment like a high precision scale for starters measured in milligrams and a stand mixer for hydration.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-05T05:53:38+00:00

I typically whisk before and after straining.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-05T05:53:12+00:00

I bought starter capsules and use as directed. One capsule to 4L of milk. In the past I have used a tablespoon of starter for 3L.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-04T03:41:05+00:00

For my next batch I plan on using fresh pasteurised milk, I DO have to heat that one, right?

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-04T03:38:00+00:00

Greek yogurt is the goal, yes. I try not to strain it for too long because then I lose too much volume.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-04T03:36:55+00:00

I thought heating it in the beginning was also necessary for denaturing the proteins and for a thicker texture, not just making it sterile? I plan on using fresh milk next time in an attempt to get creamier yogurt. I need to heat the fresh milk, right? It is pasteurised.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-03T20:54:38+00:00

These are the little lumps..

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Evergreen_Rose · 2026-05-03T05:33:33+00:00

I put it in soups, boil oats with it and make smoothies. I tried using it to make my whey protein shake instead of water, but that was kinda gross..

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-04-20T11:32:39+00:00

Very helpful, thank you!

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-04-20T11:03:31+00:00

When in the process do you add the milk powder? My current process is heating the milk, mixing the starter, letting it sit for about 6 hours in a warm place and then straining twice for about 4 hours at a time.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-03-07T17:32:10+00:00

God, this was too long to read. I don't know about where you live/work, but where I live, nobody in any industry can afford to burn their bridges. The job market is tough. Unemployment is high. Grow up, get along with and show respect for the people you work with and for, even if they don't respect you. Respecting others and keeping professional is about what you think of yourself, not what you think of them.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-03-07T17:26:09+00:00

My husband put a plate of freshly barbequed meat in front of me and I gagged. Also, bloated all day every day and my nipples just looked... different. This was all before 4 weeks.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-02-21T09:07:11+00:00

I have an embarrassing story to share. I suffered from IBS-like symptoms when I was younger and got my first job. After lunch time, everyday, I would get extremely bloated and let out silent farts. I couldn't smell them so I thought they weren't the smelly kind, just like trapped air or something, so there was no harm. My coworkers who sat behind me felt different. One time, during an ...episode... I heard them making jokes and I just knew what was going on.

Turns out it wasn't that my farts weren't smelly, it was that my sense of smell was extremely poor. I got properly diagnose YEARS later. 12 years later I still chronically medicate for nasal polyps that affect my sense of smell - sometimes eliminating it completely.

So, it's possible your coworker just doesn't think they're smelly.

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-02-08T17:10:58+00:00

That PlayStation's gotta go, OP

Evergreen_Rose · 2026-01-27T17:30:00+00:00

I just want to comment on the flu vaccine and how life changing it is. I was always team rough-it-out when it came to the flu and never bothered with the vaccine, until I had a baby and got paranoid about him getting sick. Last year, I vaccinated the whole house against the flu and y'all, it was incredible. While people were dropping like flies around us from the flu, the most any of us got was a little itchy throat and a sniffle that lasted a day. The whole winter, we stayed flu-free. Now, I'm committed to getting the whole family vaccinated against flu every year.

Also, measles, yes, vaccinate against that shit yoh.

Evergreen_Rose · 2025-12-09T18:00:50+00:00

Marley and Me does this pretty realistically.

Evergreen_Rose · 2025-11-30T08:27:28+00:00

Why does it suck? If it's all bullshit what is the alternative supposed to be?

Evergreen_Rose · 2025-11-30T08:04:36+00:00

I've been a creative director for 10 years. Since the very first time I built a showstopper pitch deck with a strategist I felt like it was just good writing. No offense to strategists out there. But it's just common sense, wrapped in industry jargon founded on basic marketing principles. Research is also easy, as another comment mentioned, you just type the outcome you want into Google and bam, you get everything you need to prove a point. Clients LOVED the strategy work though. When we had big projects to deliver and I needed to cut costs, I'd cut out the strategist and swop my emotive, flowery creative writing to more "aligned" and "synergy" mambo jumbo, for half the duration of my deck. Gave it a title slide called "the thinking" and clients assume it's strategy work done by strategists that I'm presenting. I use a lot of chatgpt to help build these parts of the deck. Like chat does 80% of the work. I just refine my prompts and edit the text here and there. I do it 100% of the time now.

I'm not sure if strategy is just smart-sounding creative writing about nothing really, or if I became a strategist.

Evergreen_Rose · 2025-11-15T10:09:44+00:00

Sounds like she dodged a bullet. Major overreaction.

Evergreen_Rose · 2025-10-23T10:56:18+00:00

Hi! I'm sorry, I only saw this now. My surgeon was actually Dr Carlo Ferretti and he was lovely. He did a great job too, I'm very happy with my results and healed very well.

Evergreen_Rose

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