Tonight was supposed to be my first batch of lacto-fermented soda. I made my sugary blueberry liquid base. I had yogurt whey I strained off a couple weeks ago. I was all ready to go. Except I decided to strain my whey through a coffee filter one more time to get it less cloudy. Well, just as I was pouring the last droplets of whey from the bowl into the measuring cup, I drop the heavy bowl onto the measuring cup. That knocks my cup over and all but 1/4 cup of my whey went spilling onto the counter. Then I run to the store at 1 am to grab some more yogurt. I wasn't familiar with the brand and forgot to check the ingredients. Well, in my rush to get out of the store and save my brew, I ended up buying the brand with gelatin in it. But I didn't figure that out until I had the yogurt straining in the cheesecloth puzzling over why no liquid was dripping down. Now I have 2 dilemmas:
1) I have a gallon of the sugary fruit and liquid soda base already in the jar and I added the quarter cup of whey I had left to it with the juice from half a lemon. I figured at least some culture could get the process started. Is there any way my mixture will keep as is until I wake up, go to the store, get the right yogurt, make the whey and finally add it to the brew (about 15 hours from now)?
2) Is there anything I could make with all this extra yogurt? I probably won't eat it because of the gelatin, but I have less picky eaters to feed.
Also, my recipe said after squeezing out the lemon juice, I'm supposed to throw in the rind as well. Does this mean I should scoop out the remaing pulp from the squeezed lemon and throw the whole thing in? Or should I grate the rind and add those bits to my brew? The recipe wasn't clear to me there.
Thanks, mamas. I'm hoping to hear I can save this disaster.
1) I have a gallon of the sugary fruit and liquid soda base already in the jar and I added the quarter cup of whey I had left to it with the juice from half a lemon. I figured at least some culture could get the process started. Is there any way my mixture will keep as is until I wake up, go to the store, get the right yogurt, make the whey and finally add it to the brew (about 15 hours from now)?
2) Is there anything I could make with all this extra yogurt? I probably won't eat it because of the gelatin, but I have less picky eaters to feed.
Also, my recipe said after squeezing out the lemon juice, I'm supposed to throw in the rind as well. Does this mean I should scoop out the remaing pulp from the squeezed lemon and throw the whole thing in? Or should I grate the rind and add those bits to my brew? The recipe wasn't clear to me there.
Thanks, mamas. I'm hoping to hear I can save this disaster.
