# Yogurt is not delicious **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773 "2019-04-19T14:53:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/41 "2019-04-19T20:53:12Z")
It is VILE. I’d just as soon mix sour cream with fruit than eat yogurt. I always hear “oh you’ll like this kind”. No. I even tried some recently that I was TOLD tastes “just like chocolate pudding”. No. It tasted like rancid watery chocolate pudding. And I have tried it as a replacement for sour cream in cooking. It’s the same awful taste, mixed with savory food. I love acid. I love tart. I love sour cream! I do not love yogurt. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/42 "2019-04-19T20:53:47Z")
I have eaten several yogurt brands that were quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/43 "2019-04-19T20:58:06Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I enjoy Greek Yoghurt with honey. 🙂 Sometimes I add a tiny drop of flavoring: vanilla, almong, lemon-- whatever I have on hand. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/44 "2019-04-19T21:05:18Z")
to me yogurt is good and filling. It also satisfies a certain craving. Yogurt good, case closed. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/45 "2019-04-19T21:09:51Z")
I like the tart flavor. I also like the sweetened fruit-flavored kind, but the plain, especially with bread broken into it is quite delicious. Chacun a son gout. I would never criticize you for not liking it, but leave me to my own. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/46 "2019-04-19T21:47:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > He does not say “yogurt” (yet). He does say chicken wing, pistachio, grapes, cookies, and a few other food words. If I were to say “chicken wing” or “pistachio” right now he would get all worked up. > > [Here ya go.](https://imgur.com/a/kWg8Fll) Sorry for the poor quality gif, it’s all I could do right now.🙂 Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/47 "2019-04-19T21:58:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Wow. I love yogurt. It’s the only cow milk product I eat. The only downside is that our African Grey loves yogurt also. He recognizes the container and demands his share. Some people find this disgusting, since I let him eat from my spoon and then I finish what he can’t get. I’m always amazed at how much parrots, which are most certainly NOT mammals, seem to love dairy products. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/48 "2019-04-19T22:07:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’m always amazed at how much parrots, which are most certainly NOT mammals, seem to love dairy products. Many birds do. Lots of calcium, to make strong eggshells. I love yogurt but it’s OK if you don’t. However, it has to be REAL yogurt and not that gelatin-added stuff. Is there anyone here who doesn’t like cow’s milk yogurt but likes those made with goat or plant-based milks? I’m not as fond of those. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/49 "2019-04-19T22:12:35Z")
Yoghurt raita is great with curry. > **[Raita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raita)** > > Raita is a side dish in Indian cuisine made of dahi (yogurt, often referred to as curd) together with raw or cooked vegetables, more seldom fruit, or in the case of boondi raita, with fried droplets of batter made from besan (chickpea flour, generally labeled as gram flour). > The closest approximation in western cuisine is a side dish or dip, or a cooked salad. It is often referred to as a condiment, but unlike traditional western condiments like salt, pepper, mustard and horseradish that make ... Lassi is pretty good, too. > **[Lassi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassi)** > > Lassi (pronounced \[ləsːi\]) is a regional name for buttermilk, the traditional dahi (yogurt)–based drink, consumed in the South Asian region. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices, and sometimes fruit. Salty lassi is similar to doogh, while modern sweet lassi is like milkshake. Lassi may be infused with cannabis in the form of bhang. > Lassi is derived from the Sanskrit word Lasika (लसिका) meaning serous or saliva like.Alternatively, it is also spelled as Lāsī (Laasi). Lassi originated in Punja... ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/50 "2019-04-19T22:18:29Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > It is VILE. I’d just as soon mix sour cream with fruit than eat yogurt. I always hear “oh you’ll like this kind”. No. I even tried some recently that I was TOLD tastes “just like chocolate pudding”. No. It tasted like rancid watery chocolate pudding. And I have tried it as a replacement for sour cream in cooking. It’s the same awful taste, mixed with savory food. > > I love acid. I love tart. I love sour cream! I do not love yogurt. I have never liked ketchup, and can detect it in microscopic amounts in food. Interestingly, I love BBQ sauce, salsa, sriracha, etc. which contain many of the same ingredients as ketchup. And I have never seen these yogurt flavors since this thread died. Someone else told me that they were probably marketed for people who like to make vegetable smoothies. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=765382&highlight=yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=765382&highlight=yogurt) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/51 "2019-04-20T01:06:34Z")
I eat plain yogurt every single breakfast, with fruit, raw rolled oats, and nuts. Every. single. day. I don’t really like it alone, but I also cook with it, use it in salad dressing, make bread with it. Lots of people really hate foods that other people love. I bet there are people who love asparagus, or bananas, two foods I cannot abide at all. But yogurt wouldn’t have been eaten for thousands of years if nobody liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/52 "2019-04-20T01:11:06Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > (And as far as I am concerned, yogurt is just spoiled milk) Well hell, so is _cheese._ I don’t eat it often, but I do enjoy yogurt. Also buttermilk, sour cream, cottage cheese, and cream cheese. I am a sucker for tart/bland dairy products. Just another white Euro dude. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/53 "2019-04-20T01:45:43Z")
I missed yogurt so much that I purchases some non-dairy kind. I’m not the type who likes it just sour, but I do think there are several sweetened flavors that are genuinely delicious. And these are often the ones labeled to replace other things. No, they don’t actually taste like that other thing, but they do taste good. That particular form of sour adds to certain flavors. I’m actually the type who doesn’t like sour without sweet, though. I do not like sauerkraut or dill pickles or mustard. But many sweet things need some sour to taste good. I actually think that’s a problem with many flavors of Fanta–they left out the sour. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/54 "2019-04-20T01:53:27Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Some people are more sensitive to certain flavors than others.\* > > To me, yogurt tastes overly sour. > > - So don’t go all “You’ve never had it made right.”, “You’re too picky an eater.”, etc. Just accept that you aren’t them and let it go. Me too. There are some things that simply don’t taste good to me, no matter how much they’re dressed up. Whenever I eat yogurt, it doesn’t matter what’s been mixed in it, or how much sugar is added to it, all I end up with is a sour aftertaste. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/55 "2019-04-20T02:25:30Z")
My kid loves the chocolate whip, the Boston creme pie and recently we’ve found apple fritter, cinnamon roll, and vanilla latte by Yoplait. For a while they had pumpkin spice but I guess it falls out of favor after the holidays. She loves the stuff and takes it in her lunch bag every day. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/56 "2019-04-20T03:38:51Z")
The next time you make a mayo based salad (potato, chicken etc…) use half Greek yogurt and half mayo. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/57 "2019-04-20T07:16:37Z")
Well, I was going to argue with you that Yoplait yogurt is delicious. But then I realized I haven’t had yogurt of any type in years. So it can’t be that delicious. I do think it’s the best tasting brand though ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/58 "2019-04-20T11:23:14Z")
I’m in the “yogurt is yummy” camp. The point is that it’s sour and refreshing. It’s also filling. I buy yogurt that’s 2-4% fat, and look for brands with less sugar. I was really upset when I tried “whole milk, plain” of a new brand recently, and it was weirdly sweet. Yup, reading the fine print, they’d added sugar to the “plain”. Yuck. I just finished the last siggis lingonberry cup yesterday, as part of my lunch. We have a large tub of sidehill farm plain that my husband eats with cereal. > [@AHunter3](#): > > You would be wrong about that. Yogurt is delicious. It needs to be the full fat kind, not lowfat or nonfat. Fruit and sweetener ruins yogurt (bleah!). Get a bucket of Brown Cow Farms with the cream top. Dish yourself out a bowl. Stir some granola into it. Aaah!! Yeah, I think yogurt was really hurt when people started trying to get low fat or fat free everything. Whole milk yogurt is delicious. Fat-free yogurt tends to have a weird chalky flavor. > [@Acsenray](#): > > … What I don’t get is vanilla flavored yogurt. That doesn’t work for me at all. Yet vanilla is far more readily available than plain. Yuk. I don’t get that, either. I like yogurt plain, or with a bit of jam, or the sour fruit flavors (raspberry, strawberry, sour cherry), or made into raita (yum!) or dolloped on bean soup. But I don’t like vanilla, or banana, or chocolate, or other flavors that aren’t supposed to be sour. And yet, they seem to predominate. Especially vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/59 "2019-04-20T11:28:53Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > It is VILE. I’d just as soon mix sour cream with fruit than eat yogurt. I always hear “oh you’ll like this kind”. No. I even tried some recently that I was TOLD tastes “just like chocolate pudding”. No. It tasted like rancid watery chocolate pudding. I love yoghurt. But it is not just like chocolate pudding. Anyone trying to make it just like chocolate pudding is performing a vile insult to both foodstuffs. Makes as much sense as garlic flavoured icecream (sour cream with fruit is nice though! Mmmmm) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773/60 "2019-04-20T11:33:35Z")
I’ve never cared for it either. I know and love people who enjoy it. I still love them, but I don’t understand them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogurt-is-not-delicious/832773.md?page=4)