Ross of OttawaStarted a batch of #yoghurt at lunchtime today, and it could use a few more hours.
Guess I'll visit it during the night when I get up at some point. Probably can load it all into the fridge then.
Checked at 1:30am and yoghurt had done its work fine. Put half of it into fridge then, but let the rest cool on the kitchen counter 'til morning. Both groups are nicely firm, so seems there's no difference – will check closer at breakfast and let that guide me if I really need to do the usual middle-of-the-night refrigeration I often end up doing.
Expecting the culture would be fine without immed chill after setting. Surely it would just continue to work with remaining diminished energy.
I used to just use a slightly-warm oven, with a light bulb left on to make my yoghurt, but we got a countertop plug-in unit a few yrs ago which is much easier to control. It's worth it for the convenience and it's nicely compact to stow in a drawer.
Do you #yoghurt? With a maker-gizmo or a free-form oven approach?
Scott Lougheed@ottaross went through a few years of making our own, oven method for us since at the time we were in a little apartment and didn’t want more gizmos. If I got back into the yogurt game I’d probably go gizmo for reliability and convenience.
Def had a few incidents over the years of turning the oven while yogurt was still in there! 😬
@scottlougheed wah! Yes, "out of sight, out of mind" is a big risk to that scheme.
@ottaross “what was that popping sound? what’s that smell!?” 🤪
@scottlougheed I once grew hops all season for beer making in the fall, then put them into a slightly warmed oven to dry for a few hours. Lost them all when the oven was turned on. :(
@ottaross oh NO now THAT’s a tragedy!