Hello all!
I just joined. I've been playing with cultured milk for a few months, and sometimes I know what I'm doing.
I made an excellent batch of yogurt-ish stuff from a commercial probiotic capsule. Smelled, tasted, and looked fantastic. It was just the right amount of sour and tasted just like the plain yogurt or kefir you'd buy at a store.
I tried using a spoonful of that to make another batch... and... I'm not sure what went wrong.
The milk separated into curds and whey and had a smell rather like cheese. It didn't smell bad or spoiled, but also didn't smell the same as the original batch. I tasted it, and it just tasted bland. NOT sour. Not bad, but not like I expected at all.
Can anyone tell me what happened?
Thanks!