Heretical spinach dip

In article <[email hidden]>,

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Bob

Can't hurt...

If it appeals to your taste buds, go for it!

I'd try a small batch first. :-)
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zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

Wow, another item to add to my trashy ingredients list, dried
vegetable soup mix.

Quoted message said:

Bob

--Bryan

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:01:13 -0700, BOBOBOnoBO® <[email hidden]>
magnanimously proffered:

Quoted message said:

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

Wow, another item to add to my trashy ingredients list, dried
vegetable soup mix.

Quoted message said:

Bob

--Bryan

Hey, you're just as obnoxious as that other jerk who calls himself
Food Snob. Any relation?

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una cerveza mas por favor ...

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bob said:

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:01:13 -0700, BOBOBOnoBO® <[email hidden]>
magnanimously proffered:

Quoted message said:

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

Quoted message said:

Wow, another item to add to my trashy ingredients list, dried
vegetable soup mix.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Bob

Quoted message said:

--Bryan

Hey, you're just as obnoxious as that other jerk who calls himself
Food Snob. Any relation?

Whether I am a jerk has nothing to do with your use of "dried
vegetable soup mix."

Quoted message said:

una cerveza mas por favor ...

A Negra Modelo to kill the taste of the spinach dip?

--Bryan

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:59:31 -0700, BOBOBOnoBO® <[email hidden]>
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bob said:

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:01:13 -0700, BOBOBOnoBO® <[email hidden]>
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On Jun 10, 5:10 pm, zxcvbob <[email hidden]> wrote:
> You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
> vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
> maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

Quoted message said:

Wow, another item to add to my trashy ingredients list, dried
vegetable soup mix.

Quoted message said:

> Bob

Quoted message said:

--Bryan

Hey, you're just as obnoxious as that other jerk who calls himself
Food Snob. Any relation?

Whether I am a jerk has nothing to do with your use of "dried
vegetable soup mix."

But it has a LOT to do with your obnoxious attitude.

BTW - I didn't use dried vegetable soup mix, the original poster did.

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una cerveza mas por favor ...

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Wax-up and drop-in of Surfing's Golden Years: <http://www.surfwriter.net>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In article <[email hidden]>,

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Bob

Do it! I've always regarded the two as interchangeable for baking and
cooking. But then, I'm kind of a heathen about some things.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
http:/http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor/

In article <[email hidden]>,

BOBOBOnoBO(R) said:

Whether I am a jerk has nothing to do with your use of "dried
vegetable soup mix."

Quoted message said:

--Bryan

What is it that is so abhorrent to you about the recipe? Dried
vegetables? The seasoning? The very idea of a dip?
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
http:/http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor/

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

The same one that seems to be on *every* mediocre restaurant
these days?

Nope - never heard of it.

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

The same one that seems to be on *every* mediocre restaurant
these days?

Nope - never heard of it.

-sw

I've never seen it a restaurant. I have seen it for sale at mediocre
delis.

Bob

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Bob

Do it! I've always regarded the two as interchangeable for baking and
cooking. But then, I'm kind of a heathen about some things.

A heathen, eh? I tend to be more of a philistine. Cheers. ;-)

Bob

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Drain the yogurt, it will then have somewhat the consistency of cream
cheese. Then it should work fine in the dip...

I put yogurt into a doubled drip coffee filter, this is placed over a
strainer or sieve and then into a bowl. The excess liquid (about 50% of the
yogurt's volume) takes a coupla hours to drain out, more often than not I
simply leave it out on the counter overnight...or you can place it in the
fridge to drain.

I use this "yogurt cheese" a lot for dips and such, it's tasty and also
low - fat...

--
Best
Greg

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

BOBOBOnoBO(R) said:

Whether I am a jerk has nothing to do with your use of "dried
vegetable soup mix."

Quoted message said:

--Bryan

What is it that is so abhorrent to you about the recipe? Dried
vegetables? The seasoning? The very idea of a dip?

I remember the first time I ever saw one of those spinach boats. It looked
disgusting. It was sitting on a table at a platter with a lot of other
party foods. People were chowing down on the other things, but nobody
seemed to want to try the spinach dip. I gave it a try and I was amazed at
how good it was. The people I was talking to tried it and like it. In a few
minutes it was gone.

Melba's Jammin' <[email hidden]> wrote in news:barbschaller-
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But then, I'm kind of a heathen about some things.

Including beets....

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Quoted message said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Bob

Bob, I've substituted yogurt for sour cream many times. Your dip recipe
should be just fine using yogurt.

Michael

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:10:28 -0500, zxcvbob <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Have you thought about using fat free sour cream instead?

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Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

zxcvbob <[email hidden]> dropped this turd news:5d3en7F33007nU1
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Quoted message said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Bob

Bob, I've substituted yogurt for sour cream many times. Your dip recipe
should be just fine using yogurt.

It'll probably be a little zingier.... which isn't a bad thing for
spinach dip.

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zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

How would it work to substitute yogurt for the sour cream? Does the
mayo contribute enough fat to cover up the missing cream? I have some
really thick 2% unflavored yogurt, and I'm thinking about trying it if
nobody stops me...

Yogurt works great. I think I like it even better.

Serene

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It'll probably be a little zingier.... which isn't a bad thing for
spinach dip.

I might add some parmesan to it too 😉

Michael

zxcvbob said:

Steve Wertz said:

zxcvbob said:

You know that spinach dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise, dried
vegetable soup mix, frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed) and
maybe some chopped water chestnuts?

The same one that seems to be on *every* mediocre restaurant
these days?

Nope - never heard of it.

I've never seen it a restaurant. I have seen it for sale at mediocre
delis.

We have a kinda neat restaurant site for Austin called
http://foodhawk.com/

In the upper right hand corner you can punch in "Spinach Dip" and
it will spit out the 28 restaurants in Austin that have it on the
menu. And then under eat hit, "Display Menu Items" will show you
the restaurants description (and usually the price) of the item.

It a very handy site for seeing menus. The menu items are stored
in a searchable database. I browse it every once in w hile just
for dinner inspiration - things to cook at home.

-sw