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May 08, 2006
Yogurth
Yogurt is big in this country. In our local market, the yogurt section is twice the size of the milk section, and as you might expect, they have a few things that are unusual. Today I bought a low-fat kind that is flavored with carrots and almonds by the same company that makes the beet and pecan flavor.
All yogurt here is sweet. In the US you can buy "plain," but here, "plain" just means it doesn't have some other flavor added; it's still sweetened. The most common way to eat it is with granola, although you often see people eating it with fruit or just by itself. Even though it's always sweetened at the dairy, some restaurants serve it with honey on the side.
The best thing about the Mexican yogurt is that it never contains gelatin, so as vegetarians, we can eat it. Never knew that American yogurt is virtually never vegetarian? Try finding yogurt in your local groceries in the US that doesn't have gelatin.
Last but not least, some people here spell it with the "h" on the end and some don't. It doesn't matter much because in Spanish it doesn't get pronounced.
Posted by crispy at May 8, 2006 05:29 PM
Comments
I love eating meat. Sometimes I think I'm determined to eat all the meat you two don't eat.
But gelatin is kind of gross.
Posted by: Mark Allen at May 10, 2006 05:32 AM
beet and pecan flavor?!?!
I'm both unsettled and alarmed by that.
Sounds like some kinda crazy dessert borscht.
Posted by: ~b at May 11, 2006 10:10 AM
This has nothing to do with Yogurt(h), but
it's still pretty cool:
http://www.viceland.com/issues/v9n5/htdocs/money.php
Posted by: akira at May 11, 2006 06:33 PM
You are so right about yogurt - I even started making my own because of the gelatin factor. I did finally find a company that got it - Dannon. Dannon Naturals is the only yogurt I have found with out gelatin. It is easier to find yogurt that has kosher gelatin, but since I am not sure what that is, I prefer Dannon.
Posted by: Gim at May 18, 2006 12:05 PM