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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
I used too much yoghurt in my mango lassi. [Frown] It doesn't taste of mango.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
There is a simple remedy for that. More mango! (And lose the "h.")
 
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
As long as it doesn't taste of Lassie.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
[Eek!]
 
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
If I had more mango, yes. But I used all I had. [Frown]
 
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
add some raspberries. Mmmmmmm...raspberry mango.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by King of Men:
If I had more mango, yes. But I used all I had. [Frown]

There's a simple remedy for THAT, too. [Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
You poor dear! I don't know what to say to advise you on how to salvage your yoghurt-y lassi. You have all the sympathy that I am capable of mustering for one who is in such a predicament.

Could be worse, though. I recall your last culinary disaster featured some cheap, gristly sausages.
 
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
Thank you, Tante, your sympathy is truly worth its weight in gold.

As it happens, adding the pineapple and quite a lot of sugar made it quite acceptable.
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
Phew! That was close!
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I love lassi. [Big Grin] And faluda. Yum!
 
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
 
I hate yogurt! Even with strawberries!

Mango lassi is pretty good, but mango lemonade....now that is tasty stuff.
 
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
mango is one of those words that if you mispronounce it "as written" you get to sound like you have a cool Caribbean accent.

Man go.

Plus, it's slightly naughty sounding. [Razz]

<edit: oh, I forgot, you have to pronounce "man" as "mon", but I'm sure you knew that.>
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Hey, anyone here ever had a mangosteen? Fahim's family calls them mangos, pronounced identically to, well, mangos, which we also eat here.

And then they wonder why I get so confused...
 
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
In the future, all fruits will be mangos.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Except for ojinfruit, aka guangos.
 
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz:
In the future, all fruits will be mangos.

God forbid! [Angst]
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by King of Men:
If I had more mango, yes. But I used all I had. [Frown]

Shame, shame! You don't keep a couple of cans of mango puree on hand for situations such as this?
 
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
quote:
Originally posted by King of Men:
If I had more mango, yes. But I used all I had. [Frown]

Shame, shame! You don't keep a couple of cans of mango puree on hand for situations such as this?
Or just go outside and pick a couple more off the tree? [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by quidscribis:
Hey, anyone here ever had a mangosteen? Fahim's family calls them mangos, pronounced identically to, well, mangos, which we also eat here.

And then they wonder why I get so confused...

Yeah, I've wondered why mangosteens are called that, when they're so different from mangos. Maybe mango is a generic term meaning fruit, the way pom is in French? I'll have to look it up.

In any case, mangosteens aren't allowed in the US, because they can harbor the larva of a type of fly that, were it to start breeding in the US, would apparently wreak havok on US fruit crops.

This doesn't stop Jungle Jim's from carrying something that they call a mangosteen, even though it doesn't look anything like a real mangosteen.
 
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
Mmm, mango lassi. Now you've done it. I simply must have some--and I don't have any mango at all.

I do have canned pineapple. Do you think just pinepple lassi would taste okay?
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
According to the Online Etymological Dictionary:

quote:
mango
1582, from Port. manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil mankay, from man "mango tree" + kay "fruit." Mango trees were brought from Timor to British gardens in Jamaica and St. Vincent 1793 by Capt. Bligh on his second voyage.

There is no entry for mangosteen, but according to dictionary.com, the etymology of mangosteen is
quote:
Malay manggista, mangustan, variant of manggis
So is manggis a word of Tamil origin? I'm wondering if "man" actually means "mango tree", or if it just means "fruit tree". Jon Boy, any help? I'm a bit out of my depth, I'm afraid.

[ July 19, 2006, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Fahim says he doesn't think so because Tamil doesn't have words that sounds like that.

In Tamil, mahngah (phonetical spelling, sort of) means mango, and mangosteen is said... mangosteen.
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Interesting. Thanks quid! Could you ask him what the Tamil word for fruit is?
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Oh, and I should add that I think they shorten mangosteen to mango because it's, well, shorter, and for no other good reason. Bad reasons, though, include confusing me whenever possible. [Razz]
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Tamil word for fruit is pahlum. Like plum with an extra vowel, first syllable rhymes with tall.
 
Posted by Stasia (Member # 9122) on :
 
I tried to make mango lassis once with very frightening results. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I followed the recipe exactly. [Dont Know]

No amount of sugar could make it better. The only thing that made it better was pouring the vile concoction down the garbage disposal and hoping it didn't come back as a zombie lassi.

The best part was the look on my husband's face when he took a sip and I could tell he was debating two options: expelling the substance ASAP and scraping his tongue (thus risking my ire or hurt feelings) or actually consuming the lassi (thus risking death or severe gastric disturbance).
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Um, bad mango, maybe? Or bad yoghurt?
 
Posted by Stasia (Member # 9122) on :
 
That's what I like to believe (instead of I can't follow the simplest of directions). I haven't tried again since. I've been too traumatized.
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
It's a simple recipe, and I refuse to believe that you could have screwed it up. What's in it - yoghurt, fruit, sugar, maybe milk or water. Unless you put in salt instead of sugar or baking soda instead or some other ghastly mistake like that - which I doubt - then it has to be either yoghurt or fruit. Seriously, you can type easily understood sentences, therefore you can read recipes.
 
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
quote:
and hoping it didn't come back as a zombie lassi
That was a "milk through the nose" line for me, for some reason. I'm still giggling as I type this.
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I laughed while eating prime rib the other night and got horseradish sauce up my nose. [Angst]
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
>_<
 


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