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Blue_true

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66. No, I have never made yogurt.
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 10:46 PM
Jul 2018

There are a lot of things that I eat that I will never make myself. Yogurt is one of them. Maybe if I had a wife of child that had special dietary needs and commercial stuff was inadequate, but since I don't have a wife or child.

Hey, I looked up a little science on yogurt. The key part is that the culture acts on proteins, so any plant that has the right kind of proteins can form a yogurt. Milk yogurt has been made longer because humans have domesticated animals and extracted their milk for many centuries and used animal stomachs to store the milk, the stomachs caused curd in some cases. It is reasonable to assume that if early man knew how to extract certain types of plant liquids and exposed them to curding bacteria, plant yogurt would be centuries old.

I would not get bent over plant yogurts. There are a lot of people who simply can not eat cow milk based products of any type, plant yogurts and plant milks were first crafted for those people. I would guess that parents that have children that have to eat plant yogurt may eat the stuff themselves to prevent the child from feeling left out.

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Good. I hope she wins. Liberty Belle Jul 2018 #1
Try ginger lemon tea. Also candied ginger. I used to work at a applegrove Jul 2018 #3
"Bruce Cost Ginger Ale" has real ginger left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #7
Zevia uses real ginger + no sugar oxbow Jul 2018 #10
Reed's Extra Ginger Brew. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #14
Yeah Reed's is strong! I like Gingerade Kombucha.. kinda Cha Jul 2018 #19
I'm not much into any sort of kombucha... Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #34
Sounds like a worthwhile endeavor.. Cha Jul 2018 #36
Indeed! nt Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #39
Somehow, I Think She Won't ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #20
You are right. They are sneaky, but they will get away with it. Blue_true Jul 2018 #43
Have you tried switchel? sl8 Jul 2018 #31
You can make your own Ginger Ale at home. Blue_true Jul 2018 #41
Vernors-still the best.... Boxerfan Jul 2018 #2
Old Tyme Jamacian Style Ginger Beer... PoliticAverse Jul 2018 #5
And you know who makes Vernors now? RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #8
I agree with you. Vernors I could get in Michigan for a long time, but after moving shraby Jul 2018 #12
It's available on Amazon: tblue37 Jul 2018 #65
Comes from the same company. Codeine Jul 2018 #22
We're going to have like 5 companies to buy everything from someday won't we? rurallib Jul 2018 #27
No. You're going to have one Amazon. It basically either has everything, Blue_true Jul 2018 #44
Yes, other than Reeds and one name I can not remember Vernors is my faorite also. Doreen Jul 2018 #60
Good braddy Jul 2018 #4
She is going to lose more than likely. Blue_true Jul 2018 #45
Yeah, when they specifically say it's made from real ginger TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #6
Hell yeah. Reed's Extra is the BEST! nt Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #13
Made from real ginger could be 1 ppb and the claim would be valid. Blue_true Jul 2018 #47
I e always preferred Schweppes dweller Jul 2018 #9
Schweppes probably has even less ginger Codeine Jul 2018 #24
Reed's is my favorite. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #11
They should be sued for effectively getting rid of Canada Dry 10 Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #15
It was an awful seller. Codeine Jul 2018 #23
I gathered that Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #38
Have you ever set up a volume production line? Blue_true Jul 2018 #48
It is still being produced Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #52
Maybe the West is only where it is selling. nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #54
Low sugar products seem to be more popular in the West Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #69
They should sue the makers of Girl Scout cookies. edbermac Jul 2018 #16
Perhaps they blow a fan over a piece of ginger root, and a few molecules lands in each bottle :-D TheBlackAdder Jul 2018 #17
Or a woman named Ginger works at the bottling plant? left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #26
The image that instantly came to mind with that is not pretty. Doreen Jul 2018 #62
I put ginger in my Mendocino Jul 2018 #18
It's still good. So don't buy it. lindysalsagal Jul 2018 #21
She doesn't claim any injury from this misrepresentation. tavernier Jul 2018 #25
next you are gonna tell me coca cola no longer contains cocaine..... dembotoz Jul 2018 #28
Is there any pepper in Dr Pepper? left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #29
Not only that, there's no doctor in it, either. WillowTree Jul 2018 #35
Perhaps it should be called Doctored Pepper. nt miyazaki Jul 2018 #42
What's it say on the can? Nevernose Jul 2018 #40
I think it's more the Texasgal Jul 2018 #55
For anyone able to buy Faygo, they make a great Gold Ginger Ale Siwsan Jul 2018 #30
It's not even dry, the crap is filled with water too! Johonny Jul 2018 #32
You win the thread KentuckyWoman Jul 2018 #49
I'd like to drink Canada dry OnDoutside Jul 2018 #33
Pretty simple to make your own Major Nikon Jul 2018 #37
You use the root. I would use Ginger essential oil extract. Blue_true Jul 2018 #50
Hope she wins. But does the ire here extend to milk? GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #46
Milk is a generic term. Blue_true Jul 2018 #51
Well, I'm am a somewhat well read 52 year old guy. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #53
Actually. Blue_true Jul 2018 #57
I'm cool with all that. GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #61
I will have to read up on what is called plant yogurt. Blue_true Jul 2018 #63
Have you ever made your own yogurt? GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #64
No, I have never made yogurt. Blue_true Jul 2018 #66
That fake ginger ale is now off my menu. democratisphere Jul 2018 #56
There are a lot of real ginger ales. Just look around if you have a big grocer. Blue_true Jul 2018 #67
There are no potential health benefits Ms. Toad Jul 2018 #58
Trump will soon be tweeting about the fake CANADA Dry Ginger Ale Kaleva Jul 2018 #59
Oh please Takket Jul 2018 #68
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