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Miracle Milk Carton Yogurt Maker - (ME72)

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Brand: Miracle EAN: 0833304002063 Manufacturer: Miracle
Miracle Milk Carton Yogurt Maker - (ME72) Description Miracle Yogurt Maker (ME72) Features & SpecificationsMiracle Yogurt Maker (ME72) The Miracle Yogurt Maker is perhaps one of the most convenient yogurt making machines because of its unique feature that allows you to make yogurt directly inside of the milk carton. Simply place a 1 quart milk carton with your choice of milk and fruit inside the yogurt maker and in 8-12 hours you have natural preservative-free yogurt. It's really that simple! Automatic temperature controlSoy milk, goats milk and lactose-free milk can also be usedNo sterilization process requiredInstruction Manual and recipes included Specifications:ModelME72Diameter4 1/2 inHeight9 1/2 inVolts/Watts110 VoltzWarranty1 year
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Miracle Milk Carton Yogurt Maker - (ME72) customer reviews: An Easy Way to Make Great Yogurt I bought this yogurt maker, because I wanted something easy--and it is. The other yogurt makers require you to heat milk in a pan, cool it down, and then mix in the starter and transfer the mixture to one or more containers before inserting them into the machine. With this one, you just stir or shake the starter into a one quart carton (or any similarly sized container) of milk, put it in the machine, and plug it in for about 12 hours. The yogurt comes out tasting very good. Homemade yogurt does tend to come out thinner than commercial yogurts, especially if you make it with one or two percent milk. To remedy this, you can add powdered milk at the same time that you are mixing in the starter. (Some people use other thickeners, such as pectin.) Another option is to mix in some "yogurt cheese" after the yogurt is made. I recently bought the Cuisipro Donvier Yogurt Cheese Maker from Amazon. It works very well and the resulting yogurt cheese can be stored in the same (included) tupperware container that is used to strain the yogurt. The cheese maker has a washable filter that separates the yogurt curds from the whey. If you want to do this on the cheap, you can just use a coffee cone/filter and strain into a container. Over the course of 4-8 hours, you end up with something the consistency of cream cheese. You can add some of this to your next batch of yogurt as a thickener. Alternatively, you can use it as a tasty substitute for sour cream or cream cheese. You can also make great smoothies without adding any thickeners. I purchased my machine directly from the 877myjuicer site, because for some reason it cheaper that way than buying it from them through Amazon. I also bought a couple of Rubbermaid 32 oz. "Sipp'N Sport Chug Style" bottles from a local store. With the lid off, these inexpensive bottles fit perfectly in the machine, and they store the yogurt nicely in the refrigerator when they are ready. With the bottles, I can use milk from the same gallon containers we use for other purposes rather than having to buy one quart cartons of milk specifically for making yogurt. The best yogurt maker there is, period I've had this item for a few years. I believe I bought it directly from Miracle Exclusives (and it's a bit cheaper there too). All you do is buy a quart of milk and put some starter in it, open up the top of the carton, and you have yogurt the next day! The starter I've used are local "good" brands like Brown Cow and Straus. In fact, Straus yogurt is really creamy and really similar to the homemade yogurt. I just put a tablespoon or two of the yogurt into the carton before I put it on. That is ALL you have to do! You can also use your own yogurt that you make for several weeks before getting a new plain yogurt from the grocery and using it for your starter. I just checked the prices of milk vs. plain good yogurt on the shelf at Lucky's. Plain yogurt in a large tub (16 oz I think) is $4.59 at Lucky's, that's for Brown Cow. Now for a quart of milk (mind you, this is today), it's anywhere from $2.09 - $2.19 for whole milk. Most likely organic milk is about $2.59 or so. But still, you're getting a bargain! Here's some tricks I have learned after using this for a few years. I buy whole milk, not 2% or 1%. The plain yogurt just tastes so much better with whole milk! This last batch I left in for 2 days on the counter. It made it much thicker! So you might want to try that if you like it thicker. The thickness is just about equal to Straus yogurt, which is still more watery than your typical Stoneyfield/Brown Cow yogurt. The taste - this tastes really really good. It's so delicious, and ...soft and less harsh and bitter tasting. You could eat it plain and be really happy with it. It's creamier, and so good! Finally - for us ladies (men may want to stop reading), if you suffer from bacterial vaginosis (look it up), when this stops the next day, it's on the warm side, so just use it a small bit of it to wipe your bits, and voila your bac vag is immediately gone. I usually pour a tiny bit out on a paper towel to wipe and it works in an instant! So it's a a great yogurt maker. Oh one other thing - it's EASY!!! No cooking, etc, like the other yogurt makers. I use the carton that it's in to store it with OXO Good Grips 1060605 Magnetic Mini Clip 8-pack , White. It works great! Oh last last thing - you do not COOK anything on the stove with this, it is easy! You just open up the carton, put in 1 or 2 tblspns of yogurt and then you have yogurt!!! All the other yogurt makers want you to cook stuff! Definitely easy I bought this so I didn't have to heat the milk, etc. I liked the idea of the full milk carton instead of little cups. The first batch made was with whole organic milk and I used FAGE TOTAL yogurt as the starter. After 20 hours, it was still the consistency of milk. The second batch I made was with whole milk and whole milk Stoneyfield as the starter. The result after 15 hours was very loose and bitter. The third batch I made was with 2% milk and regular plain Dannon as the starter. This too was a loose consistency but not as loose as the previous batch and after about 14 hours the taste was very smooth and mild. So far it was the best combination. I do not want to use gelatin or the dry milk powder to thicken it. I know you can make it thicker by making the yogurt cheese but separating the whey out of the product defeats the purpose in my opinion. (Although I am sure it depends on what you are using it for.) The unit is relatively small, the size of the milk carton basically, and is unobtrusive on the counter. It is well worth the price just for the time saved and the ease of operation. good for making buttermilk I bought this product based on good reviews, but have not been able to make good yogurt with it after 5 attempts. I have spoken to the manufacturer on the phone, and they admit this product is "tempermental" and needs to be experimented with to find out the best combination of milk and starter. I have tried various combinations of whole milk, goats milk, powdered starter, yogurt starter (Dannon and Brown Cow), and milk powder, and out of my 5 batches only 1 thickened up, after I left it to process for 20 hours, and it came out tasting very tart. The last batch I made has an unappealing slimey texture and is inedible. I am done with wasting milk with this machine, and can only hope to exchange it for one that works. Utterly unimpressive Lured by promises of no-fuss yogurt-making, I decided to try this little machine. I dropped in a quart carton of goat's milk and gave it a more-than generous helping of organic yogurt, stirring it in with a whisk. I plugged it in as the instructions said. Then, because I had also accidentally opened a half-gallon carton of milk, I did a desperate google search of how to make yogurt in a crock pot. I poured that milk with the yogurt mixed in into four sanitized mason jars, sealed them with sanitized lids, set them in a warm water bath in the crock pot, and turned the cooker to "keep warm." I did not scald the milk before pouring it into the jars. In the morning I checked the Miracle Yogurt Maker. I had sourish milk goop that had no resemblance to yogurt, perhaps resembling milk with yogurt mixed in. When I checked the water bath in the crock pot I noticed that it was too hot at 125 F (I had placed a folded towel over it), so I had little hope that that experiment had worked. When I checked the jars however, I found that the yogurt had indeed set to satisfactory firmness and was quite recognizable as yogurt. The Miracle Yogurt Maker seemed too cool to me, so I checked the temperature with a candy thermometer. After 12 hours of cooking, the bottom of the carton the thermometer registered about 100 degrees F--too cold for adequate yogurt making which requires a temperature of 110 to 115 degrees F. The temperature of the milk liquid at the top of the carton was a mere 90 degrees F. No wonder it failed. We may attempt using the device one more time, covering it with some thick towels to see if this brings the temperature to proper yogurt-making range. If this is what is required it is a shame that it is not mentioned in the instructions. If this does not work we will be attempting to return the product. ----------------------------------- Update: Attempting to insulate the yogurt maker to raise the temperature did not work; the temperature still maintains a tepid 100 degrees Fahrenheit. We returned the machine.
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