Yogurt
 

Sam's has a Greek yogurt maker for about 50 bucks. Why? Buy plain yogurt and milk, add and you got greek. What happens when you take plain non-fat yogurt and drain? What do you have, if not Greek.:rolleyes:

Speaking of yoghurt, i bought yoghurt made from coconut milk the other day. Its very nice. Great in mango smoothies.

Officially, real Greek yogurt has had more lactose dripped out, which makes it taste less sweet. So unless the yogurt maker also has a dripping bag included, there's nothing specifically Greek about it.

My bet is, they're advertising the yogurt maker as a "Greek" yogurt maker because actual, homemade yogurt tastes far more tart than the stuff you get on the shelves, to the point that most people wouldn't like it, at least at first. So they're trying to convince you that the strong flavor equals Greekness, and isn't just because the retail yogurt you're used to is minimally fermented and usually has sweeteners added.

So. What happens when you take plain non-fat yogurt and drain?

You get thicker, slightly less sweet, plain non-fat yogurt, which American grocery stores like to call "Greek" but is actually nothing like real Greek yogurt.

Wonder how much of the nutrition you lose by draining? If any.

Basically none. When you drain you are losing mostly galactose, which contains calories but not a lot of worthwhile vitamins. You still keep the protein, calcium, B12, all that good stuff.

TNXS

And taste, Greek yogurt tastes like :turd:.

Yeah, but with a kiwi, almond milk and a dash of splenda in blender. Good even over Cherioos.

OK, you put lipstick on the pig. ;)

I like plain Greek yogurt a lot.

Eeeewwww. :vomit:

I like plain yoghurt :yum:
I must have had Greek at some point, but I don't remember it specifically.

It's not your Mama's Yogurt anymore. Some is very good, alas some has been DuPont-ized, and you can't tell the players without a program. Unfortunately the program is a pdf, but it's worth the hassle of admission because it contains not only 8x10 glossies with a paragraph on the back, but excellent explanations and charts like these...

I know. I gave up fruit flavoured yoghurt after a "sugar-scam" type BBC programme I heard. If I think I'm eating healthily I want to be eating healthily.

I'm writing that wishing I was in a German (or German-Style) beer-hall with a stein in front of me, und Wurstplatte mit pretzel. What? Someone round here has some sort of hotdog. And much as I'd also love a plate of quinoa, you can't smell it from a distance...

Make yoghurt with fruit and/or fruit juice in it yourself. Frozen blueberries, juice and all, come to mind. For light blue yoghurt. Well, there's always the top-it-with, or the fruit-at-the-bottom sorts (wow, it's like Christmas! Opening it to find the goodies).

There's always the spoonful of Dundee marmalade on it.