Posts by Luc_H

Mezzaluna, almost $20 for yogurt starter cultures Wow that sounds expensive?! I purchased cultures from an industrial source for $30 that can inoculate 100 liters of milk. Even the cultures I buy at the supermarket is $4 for 6 packets...

My fellow forum colleagues please be cautious if you want to start making yogurt. Make sure your equipment is always clean and sanitized while handling milk because the temperature used to ferment the yogurt is also the perfect...

OregonYeti, That clay wok-shaped dodad is interesting. I can almost taste the yogurt you are describing. I have made Lassi before (with mango purée).. great stuff but never had the salt/pepper lassi. As for Bulgarian yogurt, it is a...

KYH, I knew about the live yogurt versus the pasteurized ones but nevertheless when using live plain yogurt my results were disappointing and inconsistent (sometimes it worked sometimes not). It almost felt like what Hotchef said...

Bluezebra, I found this reference for you (if yogurt cultures are available in your local supermarket I would go for that instead of buying plain yogurt, see my reason below...) Luc

Hey Littlemama and Oregonyeti, look what i found :a chocolate cheese recipe!!! GourmetSleuth - Buttermilk Quark Luc H

Learn to temper your eggs... add 1 tbsp of hot sauce to your cold beaten eggs and whisk immediately. Add 1 tbsp more, whisk. Repeat 2 more times. The eggs will warm without curdling. This way you relaxe the proteins of the eggs by...

I guess that what the reasoning behind the saying: Live and learn!!! (because if you die somebody else learns) Luc H

....one rarely gets to hear it from the horses mouth....<chuckle> Hey DC, It is ironically funny that you use the phrase <from the horse's mouth>. Like the definition says, people's mouth and animal's mouth have separate...

Sheepishly, I raise my index finger to bring a clarification.... Clarified butter will go rancid if not refrigerated nor sealed. Rancidity is when fats react with air. Neither the milks solids nor water makes this process happen. ...