Well, enough of that health benefit lecture, let’s look at what people around the world really think of yogurt, okay, doctor out of the window, just old wives tales, some of them are real by the way, don’t dismiss.
-In Nepal, Yogurt is believed to bring good luck when one leaves the house for a special purpose. So before a journey, one has to hog some yogurt for good luck, and before a wedding, the groom has to be fed some yogurt by his mother. Hmmm, what about the bride? Well, I guess she doesn’t need it because it’s usually the guy who is screwed after saying ‘I do’.
-In parts of Punjab, it is believed that having yogurt before exams ensures success (even when you haven’t studied). So folks, if those ATKTs won’t go away, you know the reason why, you didn’t drop into yogurt bay before going for the paper.
- In Turkey, they believe that if you want to make good quality sweet yogurt, you have to pick bushes from the grave yard and throw them in the fire that’s used to warm the milk. So in case you see the guy who served you the other day at Yogurt bay near a cemetery, no, don’t be scared, he’s not a vampire.
- Oh by the way, every month has a lucky food to go with it, black eyed peas (not the band) for January, Noodles for February etc… and yes, Yogurt for May. But if you ask me, I think frozen yogurt is all rounder, January to January.
- They say that ice cream is a comfort food, and improves “LOOOVE”. BUT! It also brings along with it, piles and piles of calories, so guess what can bring all this minus the calories ; ) hehehehe *wicked laugh*
- Okay, this one here, guys pretend like they are not affected, but after a heavy dose of antibiotics, we are all susceptible to yeast infections, and the doctor might prescribe more medicines to deal with that, but the simples and best solution is eat a lot of yogurt and you’ll be fine. (NB, fact not fiction).
And for all that acne that is ruining your pretty/handsome face, yogurt is cool to treat that too, you can either take it orally, or apply it directly on your face to make a facial mask, but yeah right! Fat chance I’ll be applying my yummy yogurt on my face, I don’t have Scooby Doo’s tongue to lick it off after that.
-The name yogurt is derived from the Turkish term ‘yogurur’ which means long life. So the Turks knew a thing or two about the health benefits of yogurt eh? But sorry, if you walk into yogurt bay and ask for ‘a cup of long life’ most likely the dude behind the counter will tell you missed the entry to the temple a few yards back.
-okay, so how was yogurt discovered? Well, that’s a controversial one, they say over 5,000 years ago, some nomadic dudes were roaming in Europe with goat milk in bags, and after a few days, the stuff became semi solid, then the craziest of the dudes decided to taste that funky stuff that hitherto, no one dared taste coz they thought it would bring instant death. Then crazy dude says hey! It tastes great, and the whole world then joined in the scramble to make their milk go bad so that they could taste it after churning it in bags, and yogurt bay was born (sorry, I mean yogurt). But I doubt that Europeans are the ones who came down to India to teach us about yogurt, there must be a better explanation of its origin, our in house scientist, Dr. Swirl will research on it and let you know next time.
-CADENA, Maria Monica A. (from yogurtbay.com)
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