Will it be justifiable to invest in a miracle device called a yogurt maker? In our century, the tendency is becoming increasingly apparent: everyone at least once in his life is obliged to do something "at home." Homemade yogurt is no exception. How delicious and tempting it sounds!

Previously, I did not think about whether to buy a yogurt maker. But everything once happens for the first time. I wanted to eat right, including always having natural drinks at home.

Get a yogurt maker? It seems to be practical and convenient. However, I decided to cool my emotions and figure it out a bit. Is a kitchen appliance worthy of its main task - to maintain a constant temperature for several hours in a row - buying and maintaining in the kitchen? We learn together. Who most often uses a yogurt maker, advise?

Here are the main categories:

• Moms - taking care of the baby’s health encourages them to avoid store-bought yoghurts (read more about this below), and cook them ourselves from the ingredients they know;
• people leading healthy lifestyles and those with health problems;
• lovers of homemade yogurt who do not perceive the taste of the product from the outside.

Yogurt maker is not only her loyal connoisseurs. Many people buy it, but do not use it so often. For some, she has been idle for years. For what reasons, we will partly understand this article.

Now it’s important to understand something else.

What led all these people to buy? The desire to eat a healthy natural drink. Purchased dairy products are often not credible, and this is not without meaning.

The pace of life is now high. It seems to some that it is faster and easier to purchase store products, saving time and effort.

Yes, preparing homemade yogurt takes several hours and requires action. How can you wait here if you can just open the finished jar and have a drink here and now!

Along with the, many agreed: when it comes to product quality and family health, you can try and wait!

In order to get a tasty and healthy drink at home, sourdough is usually used, for example, Evitaliya and Narine, and milk.

REFERENCE. It is recommended that you choose homemade milk from trusted sellers. Is it possible to take directly from the farmer? Excellent! Having decided to use milk from the package, get ready that you may not like yogurt, and you will no longer be able to associate the concepts of “homemade” and “tasty”. By the way, this is not the rule.

Some people use probiotics capsules (Yogulact, Linex, etc.) instead of yeast. It is rather a matter of personal preference. Even Activia without additives is suitable, if it is convenient for you.

Ready yogurt can then be refilled several times, which is very economical.

If you do it right, homemade yogurt is tasty and fragrant. There are no dyes and other substances in it that “kill” the naturalness of the taste and put the whole emphasis on its brightness. But you can get great pleasure by using a natural product, also created by their own efforts!

Having found out that homemade yogurt confidently holds the palm over the storefront, let us return to the yogurt makers. We will evaluate the pros and cons, and then we will make an objective conclusion about the need for this device.

What are the benefits of a yogurt maker?

• there is always yogurt for young children;
• availability of convenient glasses (as a rule);
• the ability to control the temperature and calculate your time.

And what about its flaws?

• you cook regularly - you regularly wash containers (although this is rather a disadvantage not of a yogurt maker, but of any cooking);
• no other functions: only dairy products can be fermented;
• takes place, which is inconvenient for small kitchens.

There are former users of the yogurt maker who have preferred other ways of making homemade fermented milk drink.

Someone resorts to time-tested methods: heats the milk, puts in the leaven, pours it into sterilized containers and places it where it is warm - closer to the battery or under towels and blankets.

Others use a thermos for this purpose. Still others have purchased a slow cooker equipped with the Yogurt mode. The latter, however, they found a couple of shortcomings - a lot of electricity is wasted and there are no suitable jars in the set.

Another category is those who have lost love for yogurt, or drink it less often, or who have had children before, but are now fed up. The result was either an abandoned yogurt maker abandoned in the far corner of the closet.

IMPORTANT. Sometimes frustration contributes to the yogurt maker herself. When buying, pay attention to its material, functionality, power. For example, it is convenient to use a device with a display and a delayed start. You will find yours - by all means fall in love! I don’t like something in one yogurt maker - it seems that in her face all the other models are good for nothing. The cooking process will result in a waste of nerves for you, as some have.

Summary: Is a yogurt maker needed?

Natural homemade yogurt is amazing. As for the purchase of a yogurt maker as a way to obtain it, everyone decides for himself what is best for him.

Someone decides not to buy it, because they’re not ready to cook yogurt every day, but for rare cases they don’t want to spend money. Others buy because they buy without hesitation: the issue of price is not fundamental for them; come in handy a couple of times - and that's good.

Fans of yogurt prefer it, because it is their product for every day, and the yogurt maker is a certain essential item. Moms use it to prepare complementary foods for young children, which is also needed daily. Deciding whether to buy a yogurt maker is necessary not only based on your momentary desire.
Think:

•  Is there a great need for it?
• Will your initiative last long? Are you determined to regularly cook this product for yourself and your family?
• Are you ready to give her storage space?

It may turn out that while it is not practical to buy the device. You can decide to spend money on something more necessary. On the other hand, you can conclude that the most needed right now is a yogurt maker, and it makes sense to be happy with the purchase.

I settled on the first option - I will delay with the acquisition. However, in the future I do not exclude the possibility of being in our kitchen a yogurt maker, because, whatever one may say, it is convenient, modern and delicious!