Greek Yogurt
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- _niko0
Yeah Greek yogurt is yogurt made in Greece. Thick and delicious.
Americans have a shitty rip off version of Greek style yogurt that isn't even close.
Turks can go suck a dick. :)
- cotton0
It's definitely a market exploitation in the US (can't speak for the UK) that's getting out of control. The fact that you can't define what it is that makes it Greek means companies can use all kinds of artificial thickeners to achieve the desired viscosity. Most ignorant consumers will hop on the trend and buy it up thinking it's healthy or good for you.
Call it labne in the US and see how much less is purchased/sold.
- wagshaft0
First world problems thread?
- sureshot0
I only use greek yogurt to make tzatziki.
- Gnash0
I call it Greek yogurt.
It stays.
- ETM0
The opposite of runny yogurt, here in western Canada (maybe all Canada), when I was a kid, a couple dairies used to put gelatin in their yogurt. So it came out in chunks like jello. Thankfully that stopped.
- < Who fuckin' cares?ETM
- Hm, nope. Never had that in Ontario or the Maritimes.Continuity
- You're lucky. Palm Diaries was big on it.ETM
- eoin0
I'm very angry about some undefined thing.
- CALLES0
im going to say it
FUCK YOGURT!!! ALL TYPES! FUCK EM
- Continuity0
It's also versatile in all kinds of dishes: salads, soups, sauces, stews. Good stuff.
- scarabin0
it's a really good protein source, with low fat
good for lifters
- Continuity0
North American yoghurts are like in the UK: runny soured cream, mostly.
On the topping of yoghurt marketing, though, one big thing in Canada is so-called 'Balkan-style' yoghurt. Which — as you can expect — is nothing like the yoghurt I saw in Serbia in the two years I was living there.
- < Kinda cares. I like a good yoghurt with fruit and honey, on occasion.Continuity
- detritus0
I think I watched a video about that guy a couple of months back.
afaik he was reacting against the type of yoghurt common here in Britain and perhaps the US too, which is just liquidy - more like a light cream than anything.
That *is* known differently in these parts, whether or not that is relevant to where you come from
- detritus0
I fucking love Turkish yoghurt, which there's fuckloads of on sale around here in North London. Varying fat levels and styles - nothing like that pishy wet Greek crap.
I think I eat about a litre of the stuff a week - it's sort of replaced most cheese for me these last couple of years.
- Beeswax
When people say greek yogurt I say "there's no such thing as greek yogurt."
It's just a marketing gimmick.
There are yogurt types like goat, cow or sheep yogurt or "suzme yogurt" but there's not even a type called greek type yogurt.
Yogurt is invented by nomadic Turks in central asia and have been carried to anatolia and europe with mass immigration of Turkic tribes around 10th century.The funny thing is, this whole greek yogurt thing has been started by a smart Turkish businessman to appeal to the US market. Apparently he's been hugely succesfull.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20…So next time someone says "I love my greek yogurt "or "I had a kale, spinach smoothie with my greek yogurt after my african dance class", say, "it's all called yogurt you idiot!"
I just wanted to rant about this today. Thanks for reading.