I needed more culture in my life.

[badseed1980]

Sitting on my counter, covered in plastic wrap and wrapped in a towel, is a bowl. Inside this bowl, an awesome thing is happening: YOGURT is coming into existence! Squee! I bought some skim milk (hey, I might as well make yogurt I can eat, right?) at the store today. I heated it to 180*F (scalding it), then let it sit and cool to 115*F. I removed the skin from the top, and poured half a cup of it into a bowl. Then, I whisked in the magic ingredient: about 1/3 cup of T's homemade yogurt with live active cultures. I know the cultures are live and active because I took her yogurt out of the fridge and left it at room temperature for about an hour in its tightly closed plastic container. When I went back to it, the lid was domed, and gas escaped. I added in the rest of the scalded milk, mixed it up, and covered it as described. It will be yogurt in a matter of hours! I'm so excited about this. Yes, I am a food geek. Totally. I don't think I'll be able to resist lifting up the towel occasionally to peek and see how it's coming along. :)