Dripping Yoghurt (Marilyn)

[Guest guest]

Marilyn - you said, in 2007, <grin> about dripping yoghurt

" after a couple hours, I can remove the cover, gather up the corners of the

handkerchief, and hang the package from a string on my cupboard door to finish

draining. "

Does this mean that Yoghurt can be kept out of the fridge for extended periods

of time? If so, how long before it 'goes off'?

TIA

Anne-Marie

IBS 2007

SCD 13 weeks

[Guest guest]

I’m

not Marilyn, but when I make yogurt I usually drip it. I let the yogurt

drip in a bowl out on my kitchen counter for 6 to 9 hours (in a shady, cool

corner), and have no problems. I always chill the yogurt before dripping it, so

it starts off cold. I let it drip until the yogurt is the right texture

and looks like cream cheese. Remember that people have been making yogurt

for centuries, long before electricity became widely available.

The

only issue I found was that pink mold began to appear on the dripped yogurt

after 2 weeks in the refrigerator, but that didn’t happen too often as I finished

it before the 2 weeks was over!

Unfortunately

I developed a casein sensitivity after eating small amounts of dripped yogurt

regularly for 8 months. Typical for me [sigh]. Now I just make it occasionally

for use in dishes I’m giving other people.

Kim M.

SCD 6+ years

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction 7 years

neurological & spinal deterioration 4 years

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" after

a couple hours, I can remove the cover, gather up the corners of the

handkerchief, and hang the package from a string on my cupboard door to finish

draining. "

Does this mean that Yoghurt can be kept out of the fridge for extended periods

of time? If so, how long before it 'goes off'?

TIA

Anne-Marie

IBS 2007

SCD 13 weeks

[Guest guest]

Not Marilyn here, but, yes, you can leave yogurt draining outside the fridge for

about 4-6 hours. Of course if you have the space, draining it in the fridge is

ideal. BTW, I too read the note you refer to, just the other day while browsing

my archives.

Suneeti (Crohns, SCD 2000)

[Guest guest]

At 02:05 AM 9/22/2010, you wrote:

" after a couple hours, I

can remove the cover, gather up the corners of the handkerchief, and hang

the package from a string on my cupboard door to finish draining. "

Does this mean that Yoghurt can be kept out of the fridge for extended

periods of time? If so, how long before it 'goes off'?

Well, I live in New Orleans, and the coolest my house gets with air

conditioning in the summer is around 80F. (I can't afford the

electric bill to get it any lower!)

I've never had yogurt go " off " on me from dripping or draining

it at room temperature for anywhere from 6-9 hours. THen again, I always

chill it before dripping for at least eight hours, so it starts off good

and cold.

Do keep in mind that yogurt was a method of preserving milk when they

didn't have refrigeration. <g> I'm currently reading a cook book

published in 1817, well before refrigeration. In fact, canning (or

bottling -- they used champagne bottles) was a new-fangled modern idea!

OTOH, if I'm busy, and apt to forget I had it draining, or I'm not going

to be here in a couple hours, I put the yogurt in a handkerchief in a

vegetable steamer pot, cover it, and stick that pot in my refrigerator.

Takes longer to drip, but it stays refrigerated if that's a

concern.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

With casein sensitivity I develop severe and debilitating joint pain, in all

joints not just a few. This is one of the immune symptoms common to dairy.

At first it took weeks to develop the severe levels of joint pain; once I

stopped eating dairy for a few years, then tried it again I found the joint pain

" turned on " within a day of eating yogurt or cheese. So I do SCD without dairy.

I do have other food sensitivities, but they trigger the usual immune response

of hives and respiratory distress.

I suppose your reaction could be dairy, but it could also be due to other

things. One way to know for sure is to stop all dairy for a few weeks and see

if things improve for you.

Kim M.

SCD 6+ years

>

> Hi Kim,

>

> What are your symptoms with casein sensitivity?

>

> I am having lower stomach pain (really far down close to my legs), but

> it seems more muscular strangely enough, so I don't know if it is from

> exercising or from dairy.

>

> Just curious.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Many thanks to Kim and Suneeti (the non-Marilyn's :-) for your advice on

dripping yoghurt.

Anne-Marie

IBS 2007

SCD 13 weeks

[Guest guest]

I've never had yogurt go "off" on me from dripping or draining it at room temperature for anywhere from 6-9 hours. Many thanksAnne-MarieIBS 2007SCD 13 weeks