# What was this (yogurt based?) drink called something like culhado that I had in early 80s Brazil?

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**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044/1 "2017-04-23T03:29:56Z")

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One of my host families kept glasses of some sort of thick mixture (I never saw how it got there) which they would put in a blender to froth up. They called it something like culhado, but I haven’t gotten anywhere googling variations on that word. The other families I lived with would have avocado and/or banana smoothie-type drinks, but this had more of a tart, unsweetened yogurt flavor along with something I vaguely thought might be orange juice. I never had it anywhere but at that one house. This would have been in the state of Sao Paulo in the early 80’s.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044/2 "2017-04-23T04:14:37Z")

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Could it be coalhada? (See the [Wikipedia article in Portuguese](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalhada)). I’ve never eaten it, but my my limited comprehension of Portuguese suggests it’s a name for fermented curds. Something like Icelandic [skyr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyr) I’m guessing.

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**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044/3 "2017-04-23T04:59:52Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044/4 "2017-04-23T15:18:15Z")

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I love this board.

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**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044/5 "2017-04-23T15:57:16Z")

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🙂