post #21 of 21
1/20/07 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by syllymom View Post
Ok, I'm going to ask what may seem like a dumb question but some have said in a way that you don't heat the milk first. Is this true?I thought you have to heat the milk. What does heating the milk do?

I've made yogurt a couple of time but have never been happt with it. I will get curdly in some spots which turns me off. Went back to buying it.
Heating the milk and then cooling it is supposed to kill off the bacteria in it. You can't add the starter to really hot milk or you'll kill it off. You still need to keep milk+starter warm to culture though - those bacteria need the heat to grow faster.

That said, I'm the one that said I don't heat the milk. I don't always have raw milk, but I still got into the habit of not heating it. I just mix the milk and starter straight from the fridge and pop it in the yogurt maker. I do my best not to contaminate either and have had no problems.