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Hi Caity,

 

SoyToy looks convenient but well, I think this

explains it best:

 

http://www.soyajoy.com/soak-soybeans.htm

 

SoyaJoy also looks like a better engineered product

rather than, well, a toy.

 

I've made soy milk without a machine and a maker is

definitely an advantage. For starters, I've seen at

least three or four recipes out there for making soy

milk w/o a machine. ALL of them call for soaked

beans.

Some say grind, strain first, then cook. Others say

grind, cook, then strain. The latter approach is more

difficult and messier. It took me one medium pot to

soak, a blender to grind, a large pot to cook, and

another large pot to capture the strained milk. It

also required a collander, cheesecloth, and a wooden

spoon. That's a lot of dishes to clean afterwards.

Finally, there's a reaction that occurs when you cook

the soymilk that you want to cook to completion but

you don't want it to overboil the pot. So cooking to

boil but removing from heat to prevent overboil takes

time. A lot of it! From removing soaked beans from

the fridge to putting final soymilk into the fridge

took me about 90 minutes. To be fair, I don't

remember if that accounts for my clean up time. And

the results? The milk was good but all that work for

1/2 gallon.

 

I've done this twice but haven't done it in quite a

long time. Too much effort for too little yield. I

plan on getting a SoyaJoy when I can afford it.

 

Cheers,

Matthew

 

 

 

sfBAVeg , " Caity McCardell "

<caity@c...> wrote:

> I'm considering purchasing a Soy Toy (soy milk maker

- www.soytoy.com). Does anyone have one? Would you

recommend making soy milk at home or is it just

another machine gathering dust in your kitchen?

>

> Anyone want to sell me one?

> Would you recommend a different machine than Soy

Toy?

>

> Thanks!

>

> ~Caity

 

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