September 26, 2009

Yogurt

I'm thinking about getting a yogurt maker. The kind that heats up, because that's the only kind that will make Greek-style yogurt. If you don't know the difference, you don't know what you're missing. If you're somewhere you can just go out and buy it, do so, it's delicious.

Buying yogurt here is a pain. If you want fat-free, day-glo pink or green yogurt with artificial fruit, as much sugar as a regular coke and enough preservatives to last 6 months, the choices are endless. If you want full-fat, plain, unsweetened yogurt with no preservatives or additives, choices are slim and sometimes, none.

I can get the yogurt I like at the weekly organic feria - as long as I'm there early and the supplier has more than 6 liters of yogurt. Often, I'm not quick enough and I get zip. Also, the yogurt is made from goat's milk and, while I like it, I like the milder cow's milk for certain recipes.

So, I have to decide if I'm going to have my husband pick one up in Miami. I'll order it and have it sent to my mom, I can't make T pick one out, the only thing he wants to do in Miami is eat a cheeseburger and buy a new 'Canes t-shirt.

If you have a yogurt maker, how often do you use yours? Any brand to recommend? Anything I need to know?

However, if you know where I can buy some plain, full-fat, unsweetened, Greek-style yogurt somewhere in the San José area, let me know and I can just forget all this. Every time I bring home a new kitchen appliance, I have to hear T's speech about how I got rid of his juicer and the run-down of all the wonderful things his juicer did and I have to listen without rolling my eyes and saying anything mean and, honestly, it gets tougher every time.