Whey from yogurt?

[ASusan]

Hi all,

Thanks to the reading I've done on this thread - and borrowing Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions from the library - I successfully made my own yogurt from non-homogenized pasturized milk. It turned out great!

My question is, can I use the whey from this yogurt as the "whey" in Fallon's other recipes? How do I store it? How long will it keep?

I don't have any means to get non-homoginized milk (or raw milk) on a regular basis. I got this milk when I was traveling to NY for Thanksgiving. I should have brought back more, as the raw milk still tastes great, a week later, despite being brought in a cooler for 10+ hours in the car.

[saratc]

Originally Posted by ASusan

My question is, can I use the whey from this yogurt as the "whey" in Fallon's other recipes? How do I store it? How long will it keep?

Yes! The whey from your homemade yogurt would be good in the NT recipes. I usually store mine in a jar with the lid on in the fridge. It lasts months, up to a year if you make sure you got all the milk solids out. I usually use mine up in a few months -- I use a bunch of it instead of water when making bread.

[ASusan]

Yay!

Would I get the milk solids out with a cheesecloth?

Would anything else work? I would have to buy the cheesecloth.

[pampered_mom]

Originally Posted by ASusan

Would I get the milk solids out with a cheesecloth?
Would anything else work? I would have to buy the cheesecloth.

No and yes! I actually prefer to use a tea towel to drain the whey off my yogurt to the cheesecloth. Much easier to work with ime.

[yitlan]

I also store mine in the fridge, glass jar with tight lid. It can last for MONTHS. I use one of these to strain/drain mine:
http://www.urbanhomemaker.com/Produc...idCategory=210

[rstump]

Yes it keeps a LONG time...some say 6 months others say a year. You will know it is goes bad...it will smell nasty and usually grow mold on top .

I use a yogurt cheese maker to drain mine now. But when a started a good clean tea towel or cheesecloth works just great.

[nicolelynn]

I make my whey from Strauss yogurt all the time. I use cheesecloth, as I found the whey wouldn't drip out at all from tea towels. I just make sure to layer it about 4-6 times and it works great.