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I Am Officially Weird

homemade yogurt I made my own yogurt. I know. I don't even shave my legs either. But I've got white blond hair. And I'm not really a hippie. I promise. Mostly. Whatever. I guess I'm about 60% hippie. So think whatever you like. straining homemade yogurt It only takes 1/2 cup of any yogurt with live cultures, 1/2 gallon of milk and a crock pot. Plus time, and jars, and a cloth covered strainer, but who doesn't have those?  All in all it takes 13-21 hours.  But the most labor intensive part is straining out the whey.  The more whey I get out, the thicker the yogurt.  The difference in time is whether or not I let the yogurt set up one more time in the fridge. Most of the time is spent in the milk getting warm, cooling off, and . . . well, turning into yogurt. berries in yogurt We don't drink a lot of milk.  We don't eat enough greens to get our calcium that way either. So we tend to eat yogurt a few times a week, as shown in someone...