My family has known the benefits of soy drink for many years. can anyone make soy milk at home?
I used to get soy milk from a Vietnamese place (obviously) in the Little Saigon area of Orange County. It was good hot out of the pot, or chilled in the fridge. And it was cheap, to boot!
I’ve never made it myself, but here’s the first recipe I found
I used to boil up the beans until they were just starting to soften and puree them. I used muslin to strain out the solid bits and then I had soy milk (an if I wanted to make Tofu I warmed the milk up and added a tsp of epsom salts til it curdled and then used the muslin to get rid of the liquid)
I used to make it occasionally, but it was a chore, and didn’t taste nearly as good as the stuff you buy. It tasted too beany for me. It was a kind of fun project for a one-time thing.
I’ve never used one but been thinking about it for a while.
http://www.soya.be/soy-milk-maker.php
Making the stuff is easy. Milking the soy bean itself is not
Tweezers and a magnifying glass, my friend. It ain’t easy being green.
You have to make sure to use free ranged beans, particularly ones named Laura as they are the sweetest peas of the pod (sort to speak).
And make sure you get beans that have not been treated with rBGH… recombinant bean growth hormone.
Like others have said, its way too much work.
If you live in or near a large city, there will be a Chinese or some kind of Asian market around. Buy it there. Make sure its the fresh. made daily stuff.
That “Silk” soy milk that one can find in regular supermarkets is foul!