yoghurt

[mark_lansch]

who invented yoghurt and when? which language does that word come from?

yoghu

[b_soucek]

Many believe that yoghurt originated in Bulgaria and it has been a key ingredient in diet of some of inhabitants of the Bulgarian lands going way back to the Thracians (c1500 B.C.). It is thought that yoghurt was "invented" when put the sheep�s milk into lambskin bags, which they carried on their person. The warmth of their bodies cause the milk to ferment and form yoghurt, albeit that it was somewhat different to today's yoghurt.

[Philtaz]

I'd always been told it originated in Greece.

[SteveD]

Here are some links which you might find useful:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoghurt

 

http://www.bornhoffen.com.au/about_yoghurt/history_of_yoghurt.htm

 

http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking%20by%20Country/Bulgaria%20Recipes%20Culinary%20History%20and%20Information.htm