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I grew up somewhere else and came to US when I was 18 for college. One thing that struck me was, people add sugar to their yogurt. All my life I added salt to m
by gnulinux 8y ago
I grew up somewhere else and came to US when I was 18 for college. One thing that struck me was, people add sugar to their yogurt. All my life I added salt to my yogurt. I mean, I was perfectly familiar with fruit yogurt, but adding straight up sugar was new to me. My favorite snack is adding cucumber, olive oil and tons of salt to yogurt. The first time my American roommate from LA saw me eating this, he literally lost himself. He almost puked. He said "this is so against the idea of yogurt. Yogurt must be eaten sweet".
- masonic 8y agopeople add sugar to their yogurt. I literally have never seen this. For my own use, sugar stats are my top criteria for rejecting yogurt.
- lolc 8y agoI think you misunderstood. Buying yogurt with sugar in it is "adding sugar to yogurt". Someone had to do it for you.
- jgtrosh 8y agoIn French cantines, yoghurt is either sweetened beforehand or packs of sugar are available. It's very common to add sugar after opening, but it makes little difference with sweetened yoghurt (at least in taste).
- fireattack 8y agoWhile yogurts in America are indeed way too sweet, sweet yogurt is definitely not just an American thing. I, also from somewhere in another hemisphere, never heard of "salty yogurt". (By sweet yogurt, of course people (American or not) normally don't "add sugar" on-the-fly. It is done during making the yogurts.)
- gnulinux 8y agoNo I don't think it's exclusively American, as I said I was familiar with fruit yogurts (which is basically yogurt + sugar + "fruit flavors"). My American roommates would add sugar to their yogurts "on the fly", like one of them added cane sugar, and the other added honey.
- malkia 8y agoI'm from Bulgaria, and as kid my grandmother would add sugar, but then no longer. Some people put salt... Here are other things you can do: Just take yogurt and mix it with water 1:1 (or try different ratios) - shake it, or use a spoon - and make sure it's cold (tastes better). Now this drink can be found (usually persian stores), and some of it might have added salt. Then add some mashed garlic, cut cucumbers + some more things and you have TARATOR - https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/233760/bulgarian-tarator-cold-cucumber-soup/ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/233760/bulgarian-tarator-c... - also some people like it more watery, some not. Then you have the greek Tzatziki, or if you like mousaka (greek, bulgarian, or any kind) you can have on the side yogurt to dress. Best is, but I avoid it now (due to my lowcarb diet) - BANITSA (or spanakopita, or similar) with it - or pastry. Or just have it as morning drink...
- dalore 8y agoAdding salt to something sweet can make it taste sweeter and better. Try sprinkle a dash of flu de sel over your m deserts next time and watch them pop. Or a bit of salt on some strawberries before eating. Fact your saliva is about 0.04% saline so any food not at that level will taste a little bland.
- tokyodude 8y agomany cultures have these types of differences. in Japan beans are a sweet dish (sugar added). Many other places they are savory (Mexico) In South East Asia avocados are a sweat dish (avocado smoothies/ice cream) where as many other places they are used in savory dishes
- williamdclt 8y agopeople add sugar to their yogurt We do this in France (at least, kids do and some adults), even with a (I think) decent food/cooking culture
- mcdevilkiller 8y agoHe maybe thought that Americans invented yogurt...