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That time I tried to swap yogurt for sour cream in tacos
Ran out of sour cream last night and figured plain Greek yogurt would work fine. Spent a full 20 minutes stirring in lime juice and salt trying to make it taste right. Ended up with watery tacos and a bowl of sad yogurt that still didn't hit like sour cream. Anyone else have a swap that just refused to cooperate no matter how long you worked on it?
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burns.jenny2d ago
My friend Karen tried to swap in cottage cheese for ricotta in her lasagna last year and it was a disaster. She blended the cottage cheese with egg and herbs for like 15 minutes trying to get it smooth, but it still came out chunky and watery. The whole lasagna had this weird texture like wet sand and cheese curds everywhere. She ended up throwing the whole thing out and ordering pizza instead. Cottage cheese is just not ricotta and that's a lesson she learned hard.
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daniel_martin2d ago
Tbh @burns.jenny, I fixed this by draining the cottage cheese in a strainer for an hour first and it came out way better.
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Yo @burns.jenny, cottage cheese in lasagna is a war crime, honestly. Greek yogurt for sour cream is like trying to use ketchup for marinara. The texture and tang are just totally different, no amount of lime juice fixes that watery mess. I tried the same thing once with yogurt on a taco bar and it just slid off everything. You end up with this sad, soupy situation that ruins the whole meal. Just bite the bullet and buy the real stuff next time, it's not worth the stress.
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