Yogurt results

My yogurt turned out beautifully, just as I had expected. When I removed the towel wrapped pot with the yogurt it was still a little warm, proving that the oven was a perfect place for incubation. I got two half gallon pitchers out of it, along with maybe half a cup on the side, as a starter for the next batch. I remember once in the past I ate up my entire yogurt supply completely forgetting I would need a starter for the next batch. Ever since, I made it a point to keep the next starter separate from the other supply, just in case.

Not counting utilities (electricity to run the pot, water to wash the dishes), the gallon batch of yogurt came to about $3.60. This is cheaper than straight milk in most stores hence a pretty good deal. Comparable to store bought yogurt in its firmness but without cheap tricks like adding gelatin to the mixture. OK, may be the milk powder counts as a trick as well but not a cheap one and definitely one I can happily live with. In taste it is very much like store bought, maybe a little sweater (or maybe not because I usually get nonfat yogurt from the store while I made my own batch from 2% milk).