My yogurt was a fail, though I plan to try again. Peanut Butter was also not successful. Don't know if I will try it again. I do make my own laundry soap, dishwasher soap and have done with wipes and some household cleaners. You can make your own mixes too. I go to a site called budget101. Some folks just don't have time to do it. But some things are actually a lot easier than you think.

Back when it wasn't in every grocery store.

It wasn't bad, just bland . . . A "plain" yogurt. Add stuff (fruit, granola -I liked grape nuts, do they still make those?)

It is so easy just to "buy it", but my grocery bill is getting way out of hand, and there are so many chemicals in everything...

i will probably try again. just want to figure out what I did wrong. and I have to get a new thermometer since mine stopped working.

It was along time ago, now that I think about it. (My how time flies!)

I had one large one -like a quart or something- and one that was about cup size, but there were six of them. I had better success with the large one, tho.

I hadn't heard of the crockpot one, but it makes sense.

I've been making it for years. All you need to do is take some already yogurt out to get to room temperature, boil milk, let it cool to about 80 degrees, mix the two together. Put it in something like a Mason jar, wrap it in a towell and let it sit for from 6 to 12 hours. Depending on your culture it will be thick or thin. You can strain it to make it thicker.

I had stopped making it for a while due to the ready availability of it, but noticed much of the commercial stuff tasted like powdered milk. Also, they add thickeners and other things to it, so back to making my own again.

You may want to check out http://www.culturesforhealth.com/starter-cultures/yogurt-starter.html
some people like their cultures. I just use a good one with live cultures from the health food store.

Works great.

Ooooh I love yogurt. I will have to make some of that...

Mayo? Butter? Toothpaste? Deodorant?

I'm only bothering to mentioning things that I use or consume, but I'm a person who cooks almost all my food from scratch, but I'm not willing to make butter and mayo, thank you very much.

I do own a bread machine, although it's been a while since I've used it.