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Default Yogurt - lots of it


"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>
>> OK it was cheap and I thought I could use it. A huge tub of plain
>> (organic)
>> yogurt now vexes me night and day. What on earth will I make with this?
>> I
>> have to restrict sugar, so dessert is unlikely. I need a savory dish. I
>> was thinking Indian curry but I am not sure the spices would settle well
>> after my recent bout with food born parasites. Something reasonably mild
>> and easy to digest. I have a hard time eating it as is, not my cup of
>> tea
>> realy.

>
> FWIW, my wife is a recent convert to yoghurt. I always used to have some
> around
> the house, but often ended up throwing some of it out when it became a
> science
> project. A few months ago she had a round of a powerful antibiotics
> which did
> a number on her digestive system and followed my suggestion that eating
> some
> yoghurt.... plain, organic.... would get things going for her again. Not
> only
> did things return to normal, she found it to be working better than it
> ever had
> before. So every morning she has a small bowl of plain yoghurt with a bit
> of
> fruit on it. Instead of throwing the stuff away every few weeks, we find
> ourselves running out. In fact, when I had a problem last weekend we
> quickly ran
> out and had to get more.


That's why I am eating it. I like sweet yogurt with fruit but my blood
sugar levels have been way too high lately. I just never cared for straight
plain. Gotta restore the flora and fauna and yogurt is supposed to be
ideal.

Paul