RE: The best yogurt maker?

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I found that if I keep my machine in the basement where it is cooler it keeps a good temp while it's onMarlaSent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 3:15 PMTo: BTVC-SCD Subject: The best yogurt maker? Hello again! I have been researching yogurt makers and the one featured on Lucy's site(Yogourmet)has reviews on amazon.com saying that it gets too hot doing the 24 ferment. I don't want to buy something that won't work for what we need. Anyone have any advice?

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You can't go wrong with a 9 tray excaliber dehydrator. It maintains the temperature easily without having to mess with it, you can make massive quantities (up to 8 quarts I believe) of yogurt in large canning jars (or whatever containers you prefer), and it's a multifunction item so you can also use it to make meringues, zucchini chips, fruit leather, yogurt crunch, almond crackers, cheese crisps, dried fruit, meat snacking sticks, jerky, dried onion or garlic powder. Some folks even dehydrate their butternut squash and other vegies for ease of storage. The excaliber is more money up front, but it's worth it - and will be even more so during harvest time this year

Shop around.. some places offer free shipping or extras thrown in. I saved my nickels and dimes and patiently waited to get a really good deal on ebay.

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 2:15:04 PMSubject: The best yogurt maker?

Hello again! I have been researching yogurt makers and the one featured on Lucy's site(Yogourmet) has reviews on amazon.com saying that it gets too hot doing the 24 ferment. I don't want to buy something that won't work for what we need. Anyone have any advice?

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Awesome thanks! I'm all about multifunctional appliances. Hubby hates clutter.

We started a HUGE garden this year, so that would be nice to try to make some

new treats with what we grow. My girls eat yogurt like it's going out of style

so I really need to get a maker asap!

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> You can't go wrong with a 9 tray excaliber dehydrator.  It maintains the

temperature easily without having to mess with it, you can make massive

quantities (up to 8 quarts I believe) of yogurt in large canning jars (or

whatever containers you prefer), and it's a multifunction item so you can also

use it to make meringues, zucchini chips, fruit leather, yogurt crunch, almond

crackers, cheese crisps, dried fruit, meat snacking sticks, jerky, dried onion

or garlic powder.  Some folks even dehydrate their butternut squash and other

vegies for ease of storage.  The excaliber is more money up front, but it's

worth it - and will be even more so during harvest time this year

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> Shop around.. some places offer free shipping or extras thrown in.   I saved

my nickels and dimes and patiently waited to get a really good deal on ebay.

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> Hello again! I have been researching yogurt makers and the one featured on

Lucy's site(Yogourmet) has reviews on amazon.com saying that it gets too hot

doing the 24 ferment. I don't want to buy something that won't work for what we

need. Anyone have any advice?

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[Guest guest]

My excaliber dehydrator is in near constant use.

How is yogurt crunch made? Thanks!

Carol

CD 22 yrs  SCD 5 yrs

From: BTVC-SCD

[mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Engel

You can't

go wrong with a 9 tray excaliber dehydrator. It maintains the temperature

easily without having to mess with it, you can make massive quantities (up to 8

quarts I believe) of yogurt in large canning jars (or whatever containers

you prefer), and it's a multifunction item so you can also use it to make

meringues, zucchini chips, fruit leather, yogurt crunch, almond crackers,

cheese crisps, dried fruit, meat snacking sticks, jerky, dried onion or garlic

powder. Some folks even dehydrate their butternut squash and other vegies

for ease of storage. The excaliber is more money up front, but it's worth

it - and will be even more so during harvest time this year

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[Guest guest]

At 02:44 PM 4/1/2010, you wrote:

Awesome thanks! I'm all about

multifunctional appliances. Hubby hates clutter. We started a HUGE garden

this year, so that would be nice to try to make some new treats with what

we grow. My girls eat yogurt like it's going out of style so I really

need to get a maker asap!

Let's put it this way: I bought the Yogourmet initially because I thought

two liters of yogurt a week would be plenty. Well, it wasn't.

<grin> For one thing, I couldn't find dry curd cottage cheese for

the first four years I was on SCD, so made extra yogurt and drained it to

get yogurt cheese which I used instead. For another, SCD yogurt, once you

get used to th tartness, is delicious. (Even my non-SCD husband, who

refers to yogurt as " spoiled milk " eats SCD yogurt!)

Two and a half months later, I bought an Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator from

Lucy's Kitchen Shop. Service was prompt.

I bought so many things to do with the Excalibur, from crackers, to

cheese crisps to dried fruits and vegetables (yes! There IS something to

do with all that summer zucchini! SCD solves the zucchini-glut!) to meat

sticks. Oh, and I also use it for making around 8 liters of yogurt at a

whack. In fact, I use it for so many things that I ended up buying a

SECOND one about two years later... because the first one was usually so

full of other projects that I didn't have time to make yogurt!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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