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Please can anyone advise which yogurts are like the Greek style ones? I've tried countless different ones but haven't found one yet. Thank you.

Like you I've tried numerous brands (some of them good) but they never seem to be quite the same flavour. If you find one, let us all know.

Greek yogurt tends to have cream added to it and there is one brand here that does that but I can't remember the name of it...I'm going out later so will have a look and report back.

It would help if they do a "light" version as well!!

sophie wrote:It would help if they do a "light" version as well!!

"Minus the cream then!" - I think that would be called ordinary yoghurt, or if you went the whole hog, 'Lite yoghurt' urgh...

I have just tried a brand called Suzme, it is lovely, very creamy, natural yoghurt.

mrsgee wrote:I have just tried a brand called Suzme, it is lovely, very creamy, natural yoghurt.

, Suzme is not a brand , simply means strained

There are two that I buy here, Gulgun and Mesanin sezme yoghurt, both have green packaging, and are about the nicest that I have found.

Suzme is the best yoghurt I have ever had. Nearly every shop has it in Trnc.

Had a look in the shops, the brand is Musanin. However, I couldn't find the product with cream in it and they have changed their packaging. Suzme yoghurt is the best to go for and I like Gulgun and Koop varieties but if you can find the Musanin yoghurt with cream, it's the same, in my opinion, as Greek yoghurt. They have a Suzme one but it is not the one I mean.
The light versions of yoghurts here are not good but the full fat varieties don't have too many calories.

Many thanks for your replies. I have tried Suzme and still find it a bit too "yoghurty" for some dishes. I will try and source some Musanin tomorrow.

Can you remember what colour the Mesanin with cream packaging is/was? Know the suzme is green, or, at least it was, last time I bought it.

I think it was pretty similar to the 'normal' yoghurt packaging but as I said it looks like they have changed the packaging recently. If you check the ingredients it should include something like inek kreması as well as inek sütü (cow's milk) and yoğurt kültürü (yoghurt culture).

Strain a bog standard village yogurt
Overnight in a colander lined with muslin or a tea cloth and you'll get a far more unctuous, less sour yogurt.

We just use Seren.

You cannot get Greek Yogurt in Greece as it is just Yogurt, it is pretty much the same here. It is commonly called Greek Yogurt in the UK but it really is just regular Yogurt from this end of the Med they are all a little different and variable.

Any self respecting Turk would object strongly to the term "Greek" yoghurt. Yoğurt ıs a Turkısh word and most Turks consider it is of Turish origin and yet another thing the Greeks nicked!

Different batches of Yoghurt vary, but generally it is supposed to be a little tart or even acidic for eating with the main course of a meal.

If you want a smoother , sweeter product mix yoghurt and cream in a blender to taste. I use about two parts yoghurt to one of cream. For a sweet tooth add a spoonful of sugar or honey - demerara sugar is best. Lovely poured over fruit or blend fruit in with it and freeze for a healthy home made icecream... Google Yoghurt and you will find receipes for making it yourself, and for making cheese from yoghurt - considering the price of cheese these days I think I must try that.

For a little variety, instead of yogurt, why not try Kumis - they're both basically fermented milk....

Not really comparable, as Kumis is a drink, mildly alcoholic and ideally made from mare's milk.!

For a dairy fermented drink you could also try Kefir (a bit like Ayran) which is supposed to cure so many thinks, I am surprised the whole population isnt blooming with health!

We just open a carton of milk and leave it in the sun for a week or two.

I suspect what the first poster is referring to is a brand called Total (on sale everywhere in UK) and is simply gorgeous. I did actually see it a couple of times down South but as we go so infrequently I don't know if its still available.

Yes Total is readily available along with other brands that are usually cheaper.

ozankoys wrote:Yes Total is readily available along with other brands that are usually cheaper.

Whereabouts have you seen it, please?

In Alpha Mega & in the stores that used to be Carrefour

ozankoys wrote:In Alpha Mega & in the stores that used to be Carrefour

Ta!

(from your post, I wasn't sure whether you meant North or South!)

Definitely South! Will get you some if you want Keith, has a long shelf life.

Seren strained yoghurt is lovely and makes gorgeous ice cream too.

ozankoys wrote:Definitely South! Will get you some if you want Keith, has a long shelf life.

Thanks for the offer! - I can pick some up next time I'm over there, now that I know where to get it from