Making Yoghurt on the Playa?

nzpunter · Post by **nzpunter** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:28 pm

Hello.

Has anyone made yoghurt on the playa?

Im thinking of:
Water + Milk powder + culture.
ala: http://www.ehow.com/how_2112247_yogurt- ... -milk.html

Im thinking of using solar to heat the water in the morning.. to get it up to temp

then insulating it for the rest of the day to allow it to set..
To be consumed that night.

Is this

crazy

?

Cheers
Craig

phil · Post by **phil** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:08 pm

Yeah, you start with spam:

Open one per day.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:00 pm

How do you know when it's spoiled?

nzpunter · Post by **nzpunter** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:34 pm

I'll write an expiry date on the container of course...

If the plastic is bulging/creaking its time to find some cover...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:59 am

When my package is bulging, then it's hard not to "make yoghurt."

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:20 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:How do you know when it's spoiled?

When it starts kicking and screaming when you won't buy it a "Flying Couch" art car for use back home.

The Bee · Post by **The Bee** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:57 am

The trick would be to keep it at a constant temperature and not over-heat it and kill the cultures. Also, it gets pretty cold at night. Worst case is you end up with something like buttermilk and use it to make pancakes. Try it and let us know!

dust devil · Post by **dust devil** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:59 am

It is not crazy.

A couple years back I brought a pint of sourdough culture and a bag of flour and made a loaf of sourdough bread on the playa using a solar oven. The bread rose nicely and it tasted great. The only puzzling part was that the bread crust never browned.

I have not made yoghurt on the playa, but I think the issues are similar. Go for it.

Making Yoghurt on the Playa?

Making Yoghurt on the Playa?

GRINS