[pct-l] Trail Yogurt

[Diane Soini]

I learned the yogurt trick from Shroomer. He uses ziplocs. My jar was  
leakproof. I have to search to find good leakproof containers and  
when I do, I save them.

I was not precise with measurements. I tested it at home using the  
measurements on the back of the Nido. But out in the field, I'm  
pretty sure I used a lot more Nido than the ratio for they say for milk.

My yogurt would sometimes be runny, but it still tasted good.  
Sometimes, like when it got really hot, it would get sort of chunky  
like ricotta cheese. Sometimes it would be like perfect yogurt but it  
seemed to be a lot tangier and sometimes it even seemed a little  
carbonated.

Since Shroomer never got sick doing this despite doing it for most of  
the CDT, I thought I would give it a try, and I never got sick doing  
it for two weeks either. It's a war of the good vs the bad bacteria.  
The good ones taste good and the bad ones don't, so it's easy to tell  
who has won.


On Sep 27, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Alan Miller wrote:

> Hi Diane, I saw you had written an article on gossamergear's blog  
> and recognized your name from here.  I was really intrigued by the  
> yogurt.  Can you tell me what proportion of Nido and water you used  
> to make the yogurt.  I have a trip coming up in October and wanted  
> to use the idea to impress a few friends.  Also, is the peanut  
> butter container leak proof?  I have tried using the Ziploc twist- 
> lock things to rehydrate food and found they leaked all over the  
> place.  Thanks
>
> http://gossamergear.com/wp/tips/backpacking-with-no-cook-foods