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Milk that got bullied by bacteria and turned out better for it.
means A thick, tangy food made by fermenting milk with live bacterial cultures that curdle it into something tarter and longer-lasting.
from English borrowed the word from Turkish 'yoğurt,' tied to the verb 'yoğurmak,' meaning 'to knead' or 'to thicken' — a nod to the way the milk is worked and curdled during fermentation. The word entered European languages through centuries of trade and travel across the Ottoman world, and English spelling has never quite settled, which is why you'll see it written as yogurt, yoghurt, or yoghourt depending on where you're reading.
- origin
- preservation trick before refrigeration existed
- science
- bacteria eat lactose, excrete lactic acid, thicken it
- etymology
- from turkish yogurmak, to thicken or curdle
- myth
- probiotics mostly die before reaching your gut