Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 8:27:59 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 20:25:01 -0500, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2019-03-01 7:51 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > >> On 3/1/2019 5:52 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Another commercial I wonder about is for a product called
> > Go-Gurt. >>> It's yogurt that comes in a tube which you freeze and
> > put in a kid's >>> lunchbox.Â* By the time lunch rolls around it
> > will be thawed.Â* Do kids >>> really want yogurt in their lunchboxes?
> > > > >
> > >>> Jill
> > >>
> > >> Maybe today, kids are bought up different.Â* I was well into
> > adulthood >> before I every tasted yogurt, but now, there are many
> > varieties in the >> store.Â* Must sell, they give it plenty of shelf
> > space.
> > >
> > >
> > > I used to hear about yogurt in Three Stooges programs, but never
> > > saw it for sale here until I went to university. There was not
> > > much selection then, just plain, a few fruit flavoured or fruit
> > > in the bottom. Now they have Swiss, Greek and Balkan styles,
> > > multiple branads and multiple flavours. My wife prefers Balkan
> > > style and gets Vanilla for me.
> >
> > I didn't know there were western countries that didn't eat yogurt
> > much.
>
> America (apart from ethnic enclaves) up until at least the mid 1970s.
>
> I never tasted yogurt until I went to college in 1975. I can't recall
> seeing it in the stores in the Detroit suburbs where I grew up (but
> it was more than 40 years ago, so I think my memory gets a pass on
> that).
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Might be area dependent. I recall my mom getting it in the late 70's
at the store.