Comments on: A Better Way to Drain Yogurt

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:26:54 +0000

I bet the paint straining bags would work. If you try it and figure out that it works, let me know and I’ll add it to the list of alternatives above, Maureen!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:14:49 +0000

Back in days of yore…more yore than I want to count…and in college taking art classes, I had my hands in big tub loads of paper pulp making handmade paper. We could not drain the water from the tubs into the sink for fear of clogging up the pipes so we drained them into buckets lined with nylon paint strainer bags. That captured the leftover pulp which we could reuse for another project and the water was used to water the plants outside the classroom. I wonder if those bags (still have some new ones) would work to strain the yogurt. Also have fabric left over from the time we made our own silk screens. Worth trying.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:33:52 +0000

For small batches, I use one of the gold coffee filters. NO problems with fibers…

By: debby

debby — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:19:31 +0000

Copyediting nitpick: I think you want to use “bouillon,” not “bullion.”

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:03:45 +0000

That’s a great idea, David–and certainly cheaper than my solution.

A Jelly bag would certainly not leave fibers–it’s made of nylon! (And thus, it is SOOOOO much easier to clean.)

I never thought of using it myself….now I feel a little silly. But only a little–I do make two quarts of yogurt at a time, and I don’t know if a jelly bag would hold all of it at at a time.