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The Yoghurt Mafia

by casca on 7/2/21, 8:58 AM with 79 comments

  • by whynotkeithberg on 7/2/21, 10:45 PM

    This was an extremely entertaining story. Thank you for sharing it... It also makes me want to try and make yogurt. I grew up on a cattle ranch and we always had a milk cow. Yet, we never made yogurt more than a few times. I recently moved back near where I grew up as I got the opportunity for remote work. I have access to tons of fresh milk and fruit, I will definitely have to try this again.

  • by bruce_one on 7/3/21, 5:59 AM

    We have an [Easiyo](https://easiyo.com/collections/frontpage/products/black-yogu...) that cost ~$20AUD, and we use one tablespoon of existing yogurt and ~150grams of milk powder (slightly more than suggested for milk, to make it thicker) to make 1 litre of yogurt at a time. (Just mix those bits; put boiling water in the Easiyo, put the container with the mixture in, wait 12 hours, done - no scolding, no temperature monitoring, super simple :-) )

    It's incredibly easy, and now I search for more and more recipes that use yogurt to make different things (eg, flatbreads, cakes, pasta sauces, among lots of other things).

    It's super easy and really awesome having yogurt forever available :-)

  • by DenverCode on 7/3/21, 3:30 AM

    Wow, that was an amazing read.

    >But if there was irony, there was also a metaphor in their switch from meth to yoghurt. Like yoghurt, if the conditions are right, if there is patience and there is care, people can change and a new kind of culture can survive.

  • by neonate on 7/2/21, 8:10 PM

  • by dukeofdoom on 7/2/21, 8:30 PM

    Reminds me of the Simpson's episode were the mafia had a racket selling rat milk. There's probably some symbolic double meaning to milking rats, that went over my head. The moment were the back room is revealed with the rats hooked up to milking machines, was gross and funny at the same time.

  • by aussieguy1234 on 7/3/21, 9:24 AM

    I'd buy their yogurt, if they turned it into a business

  • by stephanreynolds on 7/4/21, 8:12 AM

    Good article but I like Turkish yoghurt

  • by brigandish on 7/3/21, 9:59 AM

    500ml UHT + 1 tbsp of yoghurt + mid 20's (celcius) temp + 24-48 hours == 500ml of yoghurt.

    I'd say it's as easy as pie but pie is far more of a challenge.

  • by myfavoritedog on 7/2/21, 7:31 PM

    There’s something really satisfying about making yogurt. I make it a gallon at a time in an instant pot. The family loves it.

  • by 11235813213455 on 7/2/21, 9:35 PM

    Dairy products reminds me of Djokovic who after stopping to eat dairy and gluten products became an exceptional player, without injuries. Or my own experience, for different reasons, switching to locally foraged or produced fruits and feeling better overall, more energized, sleeping better

    I wonder if that's the case for everyone, that we can eat dairy products, but it's just not optimal for us

  • by publicola1990 on 7/3/21, 3:18 AM

    Only if the article merely reported the thing and had not descended into this narrative building..

    They did not even offer a summary in the beginning.