Crunchy locavore cooking
Apr. 26th, 2009 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wrenbI haven't been doing a lot of the cooking lately, but I did a couple of frivolous things today.
First I made yogurt. After scouring the internet I found the simplest method possible. Heat 4 cups of milk to 180F, drop it back down to just below 120F and stir in 2 Tbsp of yogurt. Pop that in a clean quart canning jar and put it in a small cooler with a companion jar of hot water. It should be ready later this evening. I did this with Sassy Cow milk, which comes from about 10 miles from my house.
This evening I went outside to tell Drew that we're in a tornado watch zone. Not a big deal, since as I was taught, it's the R in Warning that means Run. A watch just means "Clean up the back yard so that the sheets of foam board insulation don't end up down the street". As I was out there I noticed the dandelion greens. I came back in for a bowl and then picked a whole salad spinner full of dandelion greens. Tomorrow night I'll steam them and serve them with lentils and barley. Tasty and easy springtime dinner!
First I made yogurt. After scouring the internet I found the simplest method possible. Heat 4 cups of milk to 180F, drop it back down to just below 120F and stir in 2 Tbsp of yogurt. Pop that in a clean quart canning jar and put it in a small cooler with a companion jar of hot water. It should be ready later this evening. I did this with Sassy Cow milk, which comes from about 10 miles from my house.
This evening I went outside to tell Drew that we're in a tornado watch zone. Not a big deal, since as I was taught, it's the R in Warning that means Run. A watch just means "Clean up the back yard so that the sheets of foam board insulation don't end up down the street". As I was out there I noticed the dandelion greens. I came back in for a bowl and then picked a whole salad spinner full of dandelion greens. Tomorrow night I'll steam them and serve them with lentils and barley. Tasty and easy springtime dinner!
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Date: 2009-04-27 02:38 pm (UTC)Anyway, I used 2 Tbsp starter for a quart of milk, but not all of it got in the jar. I must have mismeasured the milk because it didn't all fit, and a bunch of the starter yogurt ended up in the bottom of the saucepan rather than in my jar. Next time, 4 scant cups of milk or just measure it in the jar to start with.
The other thing I saw in lots of recipes but didn't do this time was to boost the milk solids with dry milk powder. I hate the flavor of dry milk, so I figured I'd risk the yogurt being runny. It turned out thick enough, although not as thick as anything I could buy in the store.