A cow in the city

When my sister called me the other day and asked if I wanted milk from the local milkman who had his own cows, I was dumbfounded. Fresh milk from cows in the city? I knew they existed when I was a child but times had changed I thought, and the city has grown. People now buy milk in cartons, which they tell us would be much healthier and more hygienic. I was intrigued and wanted to know more. She said the place was very clean and the owner would go the mountains to collect grass for them. As I like everything natural and I wanted to make my own yoghurt, I immediately ordered some milk. 

I have to say that I don't normally like the smell of milk, especially when it's warm. But this milk smelled wonderful. I made yoghurt of most of it and kept the rest for making hot chocolate.

Yoghurt

I have never understood why anyone would buy one of those yoghurt making machines.

Making yoghurt is so simple:

• Heat up the milk.
  
• Pour the milk into the cup(s) / glasses you want to make the yoghurt in.
  
• Wait until the milk cools down a bit (You can test it with your finger. It should be warm but not burn your finger).
  
• Add a few spoons of natural yoghurt to the milk.
  
• Cover the container with a lid and then with blankets or similar to keep it warm.
  
• After a couple of hours, the yoghurt is ready.

Here is a recipe for a yoghurt dessert:

• Put some yoghurt in small dessert dishes.
  
• Pour some honey on top of the yoghurt.
  
• Sprinkle some coarsely ground walnuts on top of it.
  

Enjoy!

By the way, "yoghurt" is one of the few Turkish words that is used internationally. And if there is something Turkish about me than one of these things is that I like yoghurt a lot.