<< sour cream and yopgurt neither taste the same nor feel the same on the tongue. The usual procedure for the tzadziki is to ladle the yogurt into a strainer lined with cheese cloth, and allow it to drain at room temp for an hour or more. >> Penny, Have you ever tasted the yoghourt in Spelli on Crete? Oh that was heaven w/honey! My daughter and I visited there several years back and still talk about it! Mary-Anne Mary-Anne "It is never too late to be what you might have been" - George Eliot (1819 -1880)