Make it: nine fermentation methods

One tested home method for each ferment, with amounts, temperatures, times and the signs that it is ready. Every number links to its source.

A jar of homemade yogurt with a spoon

How to make yogurt at home

Milk, a little live yogurt and a steady warm place: a tested home method with temperatures, times, starter amounts and the signs that it is ready.

You need
Milk, live yogurt or culture
Incubate
6–10 hours at 42–46 °C
A bottle of homemade vinegar with a cloudy mother

How to make vinegar at home

Wine or hard cider, a vinegar culture, air and warmth: how to make vinegar at home, how to finish it, and why homemade vinegar is not for canning.

You need
Wine or hard cider, vinegar culture
Ferment
About 3–4 weeks at 16–27 °C