Adventures in Yogurt

Back in the olden days, when I was a kid, my mom opened a frozen yogurt shop downtown. It was strategically located by several downtown lunch hotspots, and offered healthy lunches and the newest craze - Frogurt. I loved the days that I was out of school and I helped my mom in the little lunch shop. I felt all grown up when all of the "work people" were in there wearing suits and "work clothes" and I got to serve them their sandwiches and especially their Frogurt.


Frogurt kind of fizzled after that.


We always ate yogurt growing up. Snacks and party food included a bowl of strawberry yogurt, with chopped up bananas and strawberries for dipping. Strawberry shortcake was served with yogurt instead of whipped cream. I don't even like whipped cream.


As an adult, i always buy yogurt and then end up not eating it. I'm kind of bummed they stopped putting lids on the yogurt, because I can't use the cup again as a "to go" container. I have almost stopped buying yogurt for this reason alone. Anyhow, I'm going off-topic here.


I went to the grocery store for the first time in about 3 months (we do everything we can to avoid the actual "Grocery Store" and stick to the smaller markets.) I like having Greek yogurt (a new development in the past couple of years) for breakfast, especially with berries and toasted walnuts. Anyhow, when I got to the yogurt aisle on this shopping trip, I was stunned, and heard Angels in the background. Yogurt has changed since I was a kid. They make yogurt in a tube now, and yogurt in colors and with pictures and animations (for children) that has about as much sugar in it as ice cream. They make yogurt with babies on it, I suppose to encourage people to buy yogurt for their infants. There is yogurt for sensitive stomachs, organic yogurt, soy yogurt, plain yogurt, low fat yogurt, fat free yogurt, and about 27 other kinds of yogurt now. I usually look at the "other" yogurt in disgust, and head straight to the greek yogurt.


Until yesterday.


Apparently, we are having a yogurt boom. Besides the 27 kinds of yogurt I mentioned above, there are new yogurts now. Fancy yogurts.I'm not even talking about frozen yogurt yet. Just plain, soft, yummy yogurt. I think I spent $30 dollars and 45 minutes on yogurt yesterday, because this time my trip to the yogurt aisle was an ADVENTURE! My daughter even questioned my plethora of yogurt when she unloaded the groceries, as I had three or four different brands, and about 8 different flavors.


First, was Noosa Yogurt. Holy cow. (pfft! lol). It might have taken me ten minutes alone to select a flavor and in the end I left with all of them except the rubharb because I don't know if I even like that. Then, there was Greek Gods Yogurt, Oikos Greek Yogurt, Chobani Yogurt, and even Icelandic yogurt! So much yogurt, so many flavors! I got excited and bought them all.


So, for as long as I remember to do it, because I always forget when I decide to do something every day, I am going to give you the low-down on each yogurt. Even if it is just a few words. And when I'm finished with this yogurt, I'm going back to try more. I will call this - "My Adventures In Yogurt" and as boring a topic as it may be, only 3 people read this blog anyway so it's all good. (literally).


Not to be forgotten, I have a whole nother chapter for Frozen Yogurt. The new frozen yogurt craze is what reminded me of my mom's yogurt shop to begin with. From Pinkberry, to Cherryberry, to OrangeLeaf - frozen yogurt has evolved to a self serve adventure that is the best thing since waffle cones were invented! My yogurt adventure will include reviews on these places as well.


So, let the adventure begin!