RE: Yoghurt maker?/Yo Gourmet

[Guest guest]

Lucy's cook shop has a yogart maker with glass not plastic if this is any help. Hi All, I would like some advice I am currently making yoghurt in a foam brocholli box with a light bulb which works okay but the lid requires adjusting to get the right temp. Its no biggy but I thought out of convenience i would try using an electric yoghurt maker, specifically the Yo' Gourmet electric one. Just so I can throw it in flick a switch and forget it. So my question is does anyone out there use this one, if so is it good and reliable. I have heard in the past people saying the electric yoghurt makers can overheat and aren't good at maintaining constant temps.It also concerns me that heating plastic to the required temp for yogurt over the 24hr duration might make the plastic leach into the yoghurt, especially when I saw that the internal jars to hold the yogurt are plastic rather then glass. I would appreciate any advise, thanks in advance.

[Guest guest]

If you get the yogourmet, you will PROBABLY have to test the temp all the time

to see where it's at in the 24 hour period. You might have to purchase a dimmer

switch http://goo.gl/xs8u to get the temp right. If you want to make a long term

investment in SCD, I would suggest spending the extra money and getting an

Excalibur dehydrator. www.lucyskitchen.com has the 9-tray and Yogourmet starter.

Excalibur also has smaller version. I think the 5-tray would be ok. I am doing

SCD for the long haul and decided to invest in the dehydrator for when I can

tolerate fruit leather, jerky, and dried fruits and veggies.

Please understand this was after purchasing the Eurocuisine 7 jar (42 oz total)

yogurt maker at the beginning. I didn't know if I was going to stick with the

diet, so it made sense to me to only spend $30 at first. I actually stopped

eating yogurt when it became so cumbersome trying to make yogurt every other

day. Now, I make a gallon of yogurt at a time and drip it to make it thick and

to remove the whey which makes it easier for me to digest. I could probably make

up to 2 gallons in the dehydrator and still dehydrate things on at least 3

trays. I have actually dehydrated fruit while I was making yogurt it just took a

LONG time for it to get dehydrated. The yogurt was perfect.

Misty Kimble

CD - no meds

SCD - Jan 2008

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> So my question is does anyone out there use this one, if so is it good and

reliable. I have heard in the past people saying the electric yoghurt makers can

overheat and aren't good at maintaining constant temps.

[Guest guest]

I have two Yogourmet machines (to enable double-batch making) and the

older of the two is 11 or maybe 12 years old. Neither machine has

ever given me a problem, and I do not remember the last time I had a

batch of yogourt fail to turn out. I hadn't given much thought to the

plastic " leaching " until recently, but its not an issue I want to get

all worried about right now. I do put it in a glass jar for storage;

I'm pretending that'll make a difference.

fi

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> Hi All,

>

> I would like some advice I am currently making yoghurt in a foam brocholli box

with a light bulb which works okay but the lid requires adjusting to get the

right temp.

>

> Its no biggy but I thought out of convenience i would try using an electric

yoghurt maker, specifically the Yo' Gourmet electric one. Just so I can throw it

in flick a switch and forget it.

>

> So my question is does anyone out there use this one, if so is it good and

reliable. I have heard in the past people saying the electric yoghurt makers can

overheat and aren't good at maintaining constant temps.

> It also concerns me that heating plastic to the required temp for yogurt over

the 24hr duration might make the plastic leach into the yoghurt, especially when

I saw that the internal jars to hold the yogurt are plastic rather then glass.

>

> I would appreciate any advise, thanks in advance.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Lucy sells glass replacement's for the inner container, I believe.

Mara

> I have two Yogourmet machines (to enable double-batch making) and the

> older of the two is 11 or maybe 12 years old. Neither machine has

> ever given me a problem, and I do not remember the last time I had a

> batch of yogourt fail to turn out. I hadn't given much thought to the

> plastic " leaching " until recently, but its not an issue I want to get

> all worried about right now. I do put it in a glass jar for storage;

> I'm pretending that'll make a difference.

>

> fi

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>> Hi All,

>>

>> I would like some advice I am currently making yoghurt in a foam brocholli

box with a light bulb which works okay but the lid requires adjusting to get the

right temp.

>>

>> Its no biggy but I thought out of convenience i would try using an electric

yoghurt maker, specifically the Yo' Gourmet electric one. Just so I can throw it

in flick a switch and forget it.

>>

>> So my question is does anyone out there use this one, if so is it good and

reliable. I have heard in the past people saying the electric yoghurt makers can

overheat and aren't good at maintaining constant temps.

>> It also concerns me that heating plastic to the required temp for yogurt over

the 24hr duration might make the plastic leach into the yoghurt, especially when

I saw that the internal jars to hold the yogurt are plastic rather then glass.

>>

>> I would appreciate any advise, thanks in advance.

>>

>>

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[Guest guest]

Yes, she does. I have purchased 2 one-half gallon glass containers

for my Yogourmet Yogurt Maker from Lucy at LucysKitchenShop.com You have

to call to order. She’s very helpful and reassuring about SCD.

Carol

CD 22 yrs SCD 5 yrs

From:

BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Mara

Schiffren

Lucy sells glass replacement's for the inner

container, I believe.