Does the plastic inside lid go back on to incubate the milk or is it just used while yogurt is stored in refrigerator
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I put it on while the Yukon is making. I put the Yougotherm inside a cooler with hot water in two milk milk cartons. We keep out house cool. Works great.
260440
Might be the lid on the yogurt. in another set, the lids come off the tuna cans...the kids like taking the lids off and putting them on, they pretend they're dumping the 'food' out.
1400854
The yogurt should be all right. The lid is a pop-off kind, so no screw or unscrewing. To be sure I put it in a ziplock bag, but I use them for freezin smoothies that are going to be thawed by lunch time.
1449501
No, the top just slips down in place. I really do not use the top. I find milk stays fresh longer in this glass container without the top.
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We make yogurt in our Wonderbag at least three times a week. We eat a lot of yogurt. We use quart sized ball jars filled with properly to temp inoculated milk right into the Wonderbag and cinch it up. We keep it in the bag for at least 8 hours. We were putting hot water in glass jars into the Wonderbag also to keep the temperature but found we didn't need it. We've been doing this for months and it works every time.
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The little jars are silly. I retired them and the cover lid after the first batch. Now I re-use two large 32 oz standard yogurt containers. Two of them fit well, then I am adding a third 16 oz container. (Three large containers will not quite fit. I just cover it all with a clean kitchen towel and leave it for 8-10 hours. Works great! I also noticed that the milk will contract when it becomes yogurt so you will have less volume of yogurt than of the starting milk. I measure up full containers when I start, then add another cup or so of milk to be heated.
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It is a really low temperature for an extended period of time, to create the fermenting of the yogurt. I'm not sure it would kill bacteria like you would need it to, for a baby's food.
767769
No, it does not heat the milk. You have to do that manually, and then let it cool before you put it into the machine. After the yogurt is done, the machine automatically goes into a cooling cycle. You leave it in the machine for at least twelve hours in the cooling cycle.
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Not sure exactly what you mean by food grade, but its funny you should ask....just this last weekend i experimented with homemade yogurt. When I was younger, we had a crock similar to this, but with a (not airtight) lid. So I thought i would try it. My method is regular milk with active yogurt culture about a 1/4 c. I covered it loosely with press n seal and I put it in the oven (not on!) and let it sit overnight. I didn't have high expectations because the inside is glazed, but it worked! I don't know it this helps! I also should mention that we live in silicon valley and the temperature was in the upper 70s maybe low 80s
495139
I use it to transport my smoothies from home to work and by the time I open the container for lunch, the smoothie is still frozen hard. So I can imagine that milk will stay cold for lunchtime.
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No the container it not to be put into any water.just wash it with a clean wet towel.The insert and the lid is washed in warm soapy water and rinsed and towel dry.Follow directions and you will have excellent thick yogurt. I use the Greek yogurt for starter. I use mine twice a week.I eat yogurt everyday now.
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I used glass so I can have multiple containers with yogurt. I go through a lot of yogurt now.I find that the lids for the jars do not fit inside the machine, so I cover it with plastic wrap and do a water bath. when I remove the jar I can dump any condensation, cover it, and put it in the fridge.
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It comes with a strainer in which you let the yogurt stand in the fridge for a couple hours to drain off the excess liquid. Without that extra piece, most folks stretch cheese cloth (maybe doubled?) over a bowl and let the yogurt drain through that.
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It's just as wonderful making the yogurt in the glass insert as with the plastic insert. The choice of container does not affect the quality at all. I alternate between them, starting my next batch (in the OTHER container) when the first batch is getting low, so as not to ever be without my yummy yogurt.
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I assume you are talking about the heating of the milk before you pour it into the Yogurt Maker. (the yogurt maker is necessary to keep the milk at a warm temp for 8 hours while the yogurt starter multiplies.) I started out by using a candy thermometer to bring the milk to the required temperature, and it wasn't reliable. Now I do it "by sight" and it works perfectly every time: I stir over medium heat until JUST BEFORE boiling. The milk starts to get little bubbles on the surface. If it breaks into a boil, no harm is done, just remove from heat immediately. The milk is not that fussy. I set a timer to the approximate time it will take - makes me watch carefully at the end. Do not underheat - that will be a disaster and the milk will run through the sieve.
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You do not store the milk in the unit. You are supposed to use the supplied thermos to store the milk in a refrigerator when not in use (which you then just plug into the machine when foaming milk). Frankly, I stopped using the insulated thermos and just use the supplied longer milk tube to pull the milk from a regular milk container. I did this because the thermos a) doesn't hold that much milk if you are using making more than say two latte/cappuccinos and b) I find that the thermos clogs too often (resulting in big bubbles, etc.) and is just another thing that has to be cleaned. But the unit does foam the milk very easily (and produces very nice foam) and it does so without moving your cup.
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It is shipped U.P.S.Special processing allows the milk to be stored without refrigeration. While it's better to store this in a cool place, It is fine stored in a cabinet.