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Looking for some fun this weekend?
around Providence Iron Chef competition at the MakerFaire or git urself sum culcha at the ahts festival in Boston or if you're hungry like I am you could try the Seafood Festival on the beautiful shores of New Hampshire
Have been looking for this lovely lady for a while.
I found out that she will be presenting ~ demo-ing some torch work at the Rhode Island Maker Faire. I'm heading down to check it out next week. Let me know if you'll be there!
Do you eat the same breakfast every day? I've read some where that eating different foods every day makes your body use the nutrients better...
In any case, I don't eat bear (or bare usually) but like a bear ~ I love to have fruit & nuts, yogurt or cereal ~ usually oatmeal ~ to eat. I do eat pretty much the same thing, just variations on the theme, I wonder if it counts?
The thing is I really really like chewy. French style yogurts make me shiver, and I even tried making yogurt at home, but they were soupy too, so finding the Greek yogurts at Trader Joes was pretty cool. The bad part is that the pint is 2x a regular store brand qt.
I found out that the only big difference is that the thicker Greek yogurts are strained. So I tried it ~ heck if I can try making it at home, I can try straining it.
It came out great! I love it. Directions after the break. Let me know if you try it
What you need:
* 1 qt of plain yogurt
* A square of clean cotton close weave fabric. I use plain cloth napkins; muslin or homespun would work.
* A bowl or tray to catch the water
EITHER
* A colander
* a plate to fit in the colander
* and a weight ~ can of tomatoes would work
OR
* cotton twill tape; Something to gather the napkin together like a 'hobo' bag ~ big twist ties, twine, maybe strong elastics.
* Some thing to hang the hobo bag from ~ banana hook , pasta pot & chopstick, etc
The colander method is pretty easy. Lay the fabric in the bottom of the colander, put all of the yogurt on top of the fabric. Then fold the edges of the fabric over the top of the yogurt. Weight it down with the plate & weight. Make sure to let it drip in the sink or over a tray.
This isn't my favorite method tho because my husband might mistake it for dirty dishes, I have to wash the colander and the holes in the colander are pretty far apart ~ good for pasta, but not so quick for strained yogurt.
The hobo bag method is still easy ~ you just need some way/where to hang the bag. Lay out the fabric in a bowl or tray (you'll need this to catch the water) put all of the yogurt on top of the fabric. Gather up the edges of fabric around the yogurt. Wrap & tie the twill tape at the gather point. Make a loop to use to hang the bag. Hang the bag over a bowl or tray.
Greek Yogurt only takes about 30 minutes. More or less time will vary the consistency. If you forget ~ as I do occasionally ~ you will approach a cream cheese texture (nice for a change of pace) spreadable Yogurt Cheese. The Yogurt cheese is a really nice base for a party cheese ball, but I usually eat it with fruit & nuts.