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27 replies

lazarou · 05/02/2008 08:57

Nothing, but now I have your attention.

Has anyone got a yoghurt maker? Are they worth it if you get through a lot of yoghurt?

Sorry to put it in this section but nobody else will answer me in products.

[sad lonely loser emoticon]

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CaptainCod · 05/02/2008 08:58

you absolute hooar

Original poster
lazarou · 05/02/2008 08:58

Yes, but have you got one?

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CaptainCod · 05/02/2008 09:01

no i dont LIEK yogurt partic

and fgs just buy some

freak

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lazarou · 05/02/2008 09:02

No, I want to make it in a machine. Bloody hell, someone must have one.

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dal21 · 05/02/2008 09:03

LMAO.

You can make natural yogurt really easily at home you know. Just need a pan, cooker and somewhere warm like an airing cupboard.

Oh and milk of course.

Original poster
lazarou · 05/02/2008 09:03

I don't like yoghurt either but the kids eat loads of it.

So there

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dal21 · 05/02/2008 09:04

well then buy one - if you dont like it, stick it on ebay.

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lazarou · 05/02/2008 09:08

WEll, I don't want to buy one and then not end up using it because it is too much trouble.

I have a pasta machine sitting unused in the cupboard. Thanks a bunch Jamie Oliver!

So, am I just going to have to make it by hand? Am a bit reluctant as I seem to be able to not follow nice easy recipes or methods.

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sherby · 05/02/2008 09:08

lol

Chequers · 05/02/2008 10:01

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Chequers · 05/02/2008 10:01

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hopefully · 05/02/2008 11:35

I had one and it was fun! not sure it ever saved any money or made particularly good yoghurt, but it kept me happy. Maybe do the sums over a year or something, it might be cheaper - you can make massive batches of it, so it probably does work out cheaply eventually.

bran · 05/02/2008 11:39

I had one, it was a bit too much effort tbh. It's much easier and about the same price to buy large tubs of natural yogurt from the supermarket and mix in your own flavourings.

ComeOVeneer · 05/02/2008 11:40

I have one (from lakeland) it is easy to use and we make all different flavours, the kids love helping make it and eat tonnes.

CaptainCod · 05/02/2008 11:40

faeks

ComeOVeneer · 05/02/2008 11:45

this one.

Why are we freaks? Just because I like to know what is in the food I am eating. I make my own most things (bread, pasta, mince, sausages etc.)

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lazarou · 05/02/2008 16:11

Oh, I like the look of that one. Do I also need an ice cream maker? Would that be a bit extravagant?
The pasta machine looks a bit menacing, like a mangle.

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hopefully · 05/02/2008 16:53

I so want an icecream maker. DP is thrilled with the concept, obviously.

BadKitten · 05/02/2008 17:14

I love my yogurt maker. Its a lakeland 1 litre 1 container one - we get through loads of yogurt and it used to cost us a fortune. Now its costs us the price of 1 carton of UHT milk every 5 days, plus a bit of fruit or whatever for flavouring and one small pot of yogurt to restart with a new culture every 6 weeks or so. So maybe £1 - £2 a week?

FillyjonkisCALM · 05/02/2008 17:16

use a thermos. its exactly the same.

oh and no you don't save money. But the yoghurt CAN be nicer..

less packaging too, i suppose

jeremyspants · 05/02/2008 17:17

You can make yoghurt in a thermos flask.

NineUnlikelyTales · 05/02/2008 17:19

I used to have a yoghurt maker when I was student but it made really rank yoghurt and I just felt too 1970s. And then I remembered I don't really like yoghurt that much.

jeremyspants · 05/02/2008 17:19

Duh! Did not read Filly's posting before pressing post.

ComeOVeneer · 05/02/2008 18:06

I don't use the easyyo (or whatever it is called). My sister gave me a culture youghurt from her lot and I started from there. I also have an icecream maker, a mincer with sausage making attatchment, pasta maker, cornish pasty crimper, breadmaker, god I feel a kitchen gadet shop coming on

MrsMattie · 05/02/2008 18:08

You tore me away from my ranting SAHM vs WOHM thread for yoghurt making? I should empty a past it's sell by date pot of fromage frais on your head for that.