Digest Number 5383

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Buy a small container and try it. Soy yogurt isn't as sour as milk yogurt

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" L.B. " <elbee577

 

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:45:26

 

Re: Digest Number 5383

 

 

Hi, All!

 

    Okay, I have to ask:  What does SOY Yogurt taste like?  I may have tried a

commercial kind a long time ago (probably SILK brand, I don't know), but I have

no memory of what it was like.  Is it bland (like silken tofu)?  Is it at all

tart, like dairy milk yogurt is?  If you flavor it (with vanilla, for example),

does the flavor fight with other flavors inherent in the soy itself?

Does it taste " beany " or " chalky " ?  Is the texture smooth or grainy? 

 

      I am very curious about this.  I don't have any place to purchase soy

yogurt close by--our only local health food store recently closed--(I'm

sad!)--so the next time I am in Springfield, I maybe will try a carton from the

large health food store there.  I like soy milk, but don't make my own at home. 

I cautiously eat tofu--as long as it's not plain, but mixed with lots of other

flavoring ingredients...I am wondering whether soy yogurt is closer to being

like the soy milk or like tofu?

 

     Thanks for any comments or information!

--Laura B., in Illinois

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi, All!

 

    Okay, I have to ask:  What does SOY Yogurt taste like?  I may have tried a

commercial kind a long time ago (probably SILK brand, I don't know), but I have

no memory of what it was like.  Is it bland (like silken tofu)?  Is it at all

tart, like dairy milk yogurt is?  If you flavor it (with vanilla, for example),

does the flavor fight with other flavors inherent in the soy itself?

Does it taste " beany " or " chalky " ?  Is the texture smooth or grainy? 

 

      I am very curious about this.  I don't have any place to purchase soy

yogurt close by--our only local health food store recently closed--(I'm

sad!)--so the next time I am in Springfield, I maybe will try a carton from the

large health food store there.  I like soy milk, but don't make my own at home. 

I cautiously eat tofu--as long as it's not plain, but mixed with lots of other

flavoring ingredients...I am wondering whether soy yogurt is closer to being

like the soy milk or like tofu?

 

     Thanks for any comments or information!

--Laura B., in Illinois

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

soy yogurt is milder in taste and tends to be maybe 'thinner' than standard

yogurt, but is, in my humble opinion, far superior in flavor.  I prefer homemade

soy yogurt from homemade soy milk, so that I can control what flavor is there. 

I remove the outer skins of the beans before making the milk which eliminates

any beany taste.  I mix the yogurt cultures with some warm milk before blending

it with the rest of the batch to provide for good distribution and preventing

any grainy texture.  Silk is the only store bought brand I could recommend, but

once you've tried homemade, you won't want store bought.

 

The longer you incubate the yogurt, up to 14 hours, the more tarty it gets (is

tarty a word!?)  I incubate mine for about 10 and is just right.

 

It is so mild in flavor and has a slight 'nutty' flavor so vanilla, fruits and

even savory flavors are complimented well.

 

If you are far from health food stores like I am, it is very economical to buy

organic soy beans in bulk on the net and make your own milk, yogurt and even

tofu.

 

If you decide on store bought, I'd try the Silk brand.

 

 

 

--- On Tue, 11/11/08, L.B. <elbee577 wrote:

L.B. <elbee577

Re: Digest Number 5383

 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7:45 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, All!

 

 

 

    Okay, I have to ask:  What does SOY Yogurt taste like?  I may have tried a

commercial kind a long time ago (probably SILK brand, I don't know), but I have

no memory of what it was like.  Is it bland (like silken tofu)?  Is it at all

tart, like dairy milk yogurt is?  If you flavor it (with vanilla, for example),

does the flavor fight with other flavors inherent in the soy itself?

 

Does it taste " beany " or " chalky " ?  Is the texture smooth or grainy? 

 

 

 

      I am very curious about this.  I don't have any place to purchase soy

yogurt close by--our only local health food store recently closed--(I'm

sad!)--so the next time I am in Springfield, I maybe will try a carton from the

large health food store there.  I like soy milk, but don't make my own at home. 

I cautiously eat tofu--as long as it's not plain, but mixed with lots of other

flavoring ingredients. ..I am wondering whether soy yogurt is closer to being

like the soy milk or like tofu?

 

 

 

     Thanks for any comments or information!

 

--Laura B., in Illinois