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Originally Posted by OregonYeti

Yes, of course it's yogurt It's a matter of personal taste that Fage is not what I would prefer to eat plain, which is how I usually eat yogurt. I grew up in India where some whey was drained off, but the yogurt was still pretty tangy. That's just how I prefer it.

It makes more sense to just say you don't like it rather than suggesting that it's not yogurt. We greeks can get hostile defending our beloved foods and traditions. It's funny, my friends know me to be a good cook and I love hosting dinner parties where I usually tend to focus on mediterranean style cooking. Funnily enough my best friend who is Indian has told me she can't taste any flavor in my food. She once even thought that the curry powder I had dusted on my scallops was just salt (implying that there simply wasn't enough to taste whereas for me the curry flavor was almost overpowering). It gets me to wonder if those who grew up with southeast asian foods that are very complex in nature, heavy in sauce and throbbing with heat have an aversion to the mild and delicate flavors of the mediterranean cuisine.

[OregonYeti]

I once had a yogurt that was called Greek, and it was just the way I like it. Maybe it wasn't typical. Part of what makes a yogurt great to me is the cultures used--for my taste the bulgaricus culture should be in the mix (Fage does have this). The most common American yogurts don't have it, and some use gelatin or even corn starch as thickeners. Yuck.

Here again, just saying my tastes.