Yogurt straining system and device

The process of removing whey from a yogurt mass that is undergoing or has completed fermentation and includes a mixture of both solid yogurt and liquid whey by using a strainer, the yogurt mass being contained within an open top container and the yogurt mass having an upper surface, the strainer having an imperforate bottom wall in turn having an upper surface that in part defines a collection platform for whey, the strainer further including side walls which upwardly extend from said bottom wall and in turn terminate in an open top, said side walls including a major perforate portion;

• comprising forcing the strainer downwardly through the upper surface of the yogurt mass and into the yogurt mass through the open top of the container so that said major perforate portion of the strainer side walls contact the yogurt mass but the open top of the strainer is positioned above the upper surface of the yogurt mass within the container whereby at least a portion of the liquid whey within the yogurt mass is forced through said major perforate wall portion into the strainer and onto said collection platform, and thereafter removing whey from said collection platform through the top opening of the strainer.