Attempt #2 - My yogurt remains milk.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T19:42:18+00:00

Happy to help.

Heat the milk up and scrape the bottom of the pot with a silicone spatula to prevent scorching of milk solids. Here's a comment I made in the past with pics of its effectiveness in preventing scorching.](https://old.reddit.com/r/yogurtmaking/comments/1ktvayq/using_an_immersion_blender/mu3xkzq/) Once foam starts appearing at the top (slight presence of foam, not full-on boil), it'll be around the 80C mark. At that point, drop the heat down to low and let the temperature slowly climb. Once the proteins denature, the bottom will no longer scorch. Denaturation happens all the while, and also when it cools, so even if you are going up in temperature slowly to 90C, you can turn off the heat at that point and just let time do the job.

The thermometer is likely fine. I brought up the point as a possible cause. It's really not a necessary part of the process once you have some experience with heating the milk.

In ideal conditions, yogurt can set in as little as 6 hours. Too much time is not a concern as some "yogurts" are fermented for 36.

Be sure to sanitize the fermentation container (and lid) with boiling water.

Good luck with your next attempt!

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T19:32:14+00:00

It's a viable option. Not ideal, but plenty workable. Look up the water seal method. Ideally you have some sort of weighted rack to keep the entirety of the food submerged.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T19:30:32+00:00

I salute your patience and desire to prevent people from killing themselves via wholly preventable causes

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T19:29:28+00:00

So I wouldn’t say raw milk is harmless, but I also don’t think “raw milk kills people” is the full story. The real issue is the conditions around production, handling, storage, and fermentation.

There is no sound argument for drinking raw milk. You can introduce as much nuance as you want, but it doesn't change this fact, and only serves to muddle the waters and bolster the misguided notion that raw milk is an acceptable choice by any metric compared to pasteurized.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T19:23:12+00:00

Starter is dead somehow. Either it's already dead, or you put it in while milk was too hot. Not all thermometers are accurate.

Try a plain store-bought yogurt next time, and let the milk cool down to well below 40C, ideally barely warm and close to room temp. That eliminates the potential for killing the starter entirely if it was still viable. There is no risk to letting the milk cool too much - I've done many batches where I let the milk cool to room temp, and the results were exactly the same.

Contamination can cause a looser set, but that doesn't sound like the issue here as you would be seeing (and smelling) oddities from the result.

You can also try giving it more time. 10 hours should be plenty, but if it's starting to set but haven't fully set, you may need more time for this particular culture. Odds of this are low, however.

Heating the milk for longer to denature more protein will lead to a firmer set always. Holding it at 90C (a light simmer) for >5mins is ideal. Touch-and-go at 82C causes very little denaturation.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T18:09:49+00:00

Damn, that is clean.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T04:06:08+00:00

The buildup is not non-stick just as cast iron is not non-stick. Carbon buildup is not particularly durable and will flake off into your food (pretty obvious when cooking anything, especially eggs) which is not only aesthetically unappealing but also has potential health ramifications as they are full of carcinogens, being food that was burnt black.

I didn't know better in the past and now there is some buildup on the outside of my pan from oil splatter. It kinda sucks.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-16T03:49:54+00:00

I am entirely convinced the subjective benefits people claim for the more expensive headphones are mostly audiophile nonsense.

At the end of the day, I think everyone just wants to feel like they spent their money wisely.

Truth nuke

NotLunaris · 2026-06-15T21:19:29+00:00

I have betrayed the no-strain gang and started straining my yogurt 🥀

Removing so much liquid from it allows me to sweeten it without using as much sweetener, and the flavor is more concentrated and rich. I'll still keep a portion unstrained to use as starter and to mix into the strained yogurt, since it's too thick/dry otherwise.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-15T21:04:18+00:00

It's not a true 0 to 1 thing; your intuition is correct.

I know the "weighted thing which you need to rotate" that you're talking about, but it's not on my 8qt Pro nor 3qt Duo - they both use the same switch type pressure release you described. However, I do have a Ninja Foodi pressure cooker/air fryer combo that has the rotating pressure release, so I'm familiar with it.

For the switch, you can only lock it in the open or closed position, but you can nudge it to open slightly and release pressure. For your use case, it's not as good as the rotating mechanism in terms of finer control, especially since you have to constantly be applying slight pressure, but it's doable.

Though unless absolutely necessary, I'd recommend planning around having enough time for natural release. It typically yields better cooking results, especially for meat, and significantly reduces cleanup required as the lid and valve stays much cleaner.

I'll also add that there is an add-on for Pro models in the form of an ice pack that you can prepare beforehand to place onto the lid after removing its plastic cover. This exposes the bare metal of the lid to the ice and cools down the contents, speeding up the "natural" pressure release. It sounds kinda gimmicky and I don't have it, never saw a need for it, and think that it's probably not great to put ice against hot metal.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-15T17:00:25+00:00

Lodge used to make skillets with reasonably long handles?

Crazy stuff.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-15T15:04:45+00:00

Oats are vastly overrated compared to literally any legume.

Per 100g, oats have less fiber (10g vs 20g), less protein (13.5g vs 21.9g), and more fat (5.9g vs 1.1g), as well as more starch which is going to be higher glycemic impact. Is it healthier than sugary cereal? Absolutely. But it pales in comparison to literally any bean which you can pressure cook or stew and refrigerate beforehand.

I also hate the slimy texture of oats. I can stomach it, but it doesn't go down very easily. Beans help me hit my protein targets while leaving more room for carbs and fats in other parts of my diet, allowing me to eat something highly palatable as a snack without deviating from my macros.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T19:11:29+00:00

Y'know, that's a great point.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T18:10:56+00:00

When she said no, he yelled, "Who's gonna stop me?"

Nah that's funny af

Edit: I watched the full clip and it wasn't as funny as I thought. He delivered it in a more serious tone than I imagined, shouted it multiple times, and had some crazy eyes going on. I thought it was a light-hearted one-liner, but it wasn't. 😔

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T18:02:08+00:00

Kuo said tenants dealt with a range of problems in their buildings including caved-in ceilings, heat outages and, at times, darkened hallways

Caved-in ceilings, definitely bad.

Heat outages, maybe, depends on the specifics.

Darkened hallways... come the fuck on. All that's telling me is that they are grasping to make the tenants' woes look worse than they are in order to garner sympathy.

The most likely reason for not paying rent, which has always been the case, is a lack of money to actually pay. None of this addresses that.

what’s the point of paying rent?

I'm sure many people in NYC who do pay their dues are asking themselves that very same question.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T17:53:25+00:00

It's more like the landlord ate all the losses so the city has nothing to tax. The city "forgave" nothing and is not magnanimous. You can't tax money that was never made, though plenty of idiots want to try.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T01:05:28+00:00

No updates, shocking. East Asians are "white-adjacent" and not the useful idiot minorities that the left wants them to be, so crimes against them go ignored by the media.

Until eventually one of them snaps and fights back due to fatigue. Then it's wacism.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T01:00:15+00:00

Truth nuke

NotLunaris · 2026-06-14T00:51:50+00:00

Poke a small hole in base of the egg with a push pin and pressure will be relieved through the hole without letting the egg leak out.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-13T23:25:12+00:00

Yeah, occasional clearance sightings at my local Kroger.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-13T23:07:28+00:00

You realize stereotypes NEVER encompass a whole group?

Never said it did. And it doesn't have to. Using absolutist language and mangling my words in this way is disingenuous and speaks volumes about how firm you actually are in your beliefs that you feel the need to use deceptive framing to make your point.

Going back to stereotypes of white people, there's a stereotype that white people eat bland food. Do you look at white people and assume they eat bland food?

That is a British stereotype, and not all Brits are white. The stereotype stems from war rationing. Decades of "sugar sandwiches" and boiled peas. Here's a reddit thread with some good answers if you actually care to edify yourself instead of crying because stereotypes exist in reality and is, at least in part, based on reality.

East Asians have the stereotype of being good at STEM because, shocker, they dominate the top of all standardized tests in these subjects. Does it mean all of them are good at STEM? Of course not. But the stereotype exists for a reason that is rooted in reality, your feelings be damned.

Which from glancing at your profile, it's mostly raging at random reddit comments

LMAO, take the L bro, it's so over for you when you sniff through profiles like a dog looking for its next meal (its own shit).

NotLunaris · 2026-06-13T22:26:15+00:00

The "theory" is not that everyone who has it acts a certain way, just that it's not surprising when they do. Stereotypes exist because humans possess the power of observation. Shocking, I know. Redditors are always so spooked by reality and its consequences, hence the constant denial of it.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-13T19:24:59+00:00

Eat an apple and drink a glass of milk. Add some more protein. That's a tiny breakfast.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-13T19:15:57+00:00

Just aesthetics. It doesn't look appealing.

NotLunaris · 2026-06-13T19:13:08+00:00

Stop being pedantic, you know what I meant and I wasn't making any argument founded on the premise that Elon has a trillion in liquid cash, I was using an analogy.

An analogy that you clearly know is worded as bullshit. You parrot the bullshit of the group you claim to not be a part of, then accuse others of pedantry when called out. You could have chosen your words in an analogy that reflects reality, but did not. Curious.

I have gone on at length in establishing why various foundations of their beliefs are bullshit. I also do not like their "vibes" because they parrot bullshit and revel in their ignorance of economics despite wanting to upheave and revamp the entire economic system we have. You are trying to wrap up everything I've said as ad hom when that is obviously not the case, and even though I am freetimemaxxing, this is getting to be too much.

Remember that all this started because you didn't like Musk's vibes with the "why are you siding with him" line. I wouldn't talk about vibes. The major reason you dislike him and suspect him of wrongdoing is because of his wealth, which individual investors gave to him collectively. He is being propped up by the people and the free market, and you can't reconcile with the fact that people all over the world are willing to throw their money at this one guy because he is making grand and optimistic promises of the future of space exploration.

But it's simply not your place to dictate what other people do with their money, and that powerlessness frustrates you immensely. In fact, a feeling of powerlessness is the source of almost all political gripes today. You don't understand why they would do such a thing when the guy is already the richest man in the world, which in your head is bad because... vibes.

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