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History of Greek Food · 1W ago

Surprise spice wine and period dishes

The recreation of period dishes is a love story with history, adventure, test cooking and playfulness. And every time I cook, I always seem to find myself asking the same question: "How did it taste? Can we ever know what an ancient dish tasted like?"Some of the difficulties are obvious; there are

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History of Greek Food · 3W ago

Pig's tongue for the 1st of May

Spring by Yiannis Tsarouhis (detail)1st of May, beware of the snakes, bad spirits and dead returning to the earth. So, you didn't forget to put a garlic in the May day flower wreath, eh? And you didn't forget to add an olive tree branch for the family's love, a thorny branch for the enemies and whea

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History of Greek Food · 1M ago

Easter ovens

Though the spit roasted lamb and kokoretsi are considered the traditional Greek Easter foods, in fact they belong to the tradition of central Greece. In islands people put their easter roasts and meat pies in ovens. In Cretan villages the use of ovens is essential year round; hence almost all hous

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History of Greek Food · 1M ago

Snails, Artichoke, Carrot and Fresh Pea Stew.

Delicate hearts hidden behind thorny leaves (the Cretan spiny artichokes) ~ fresh tender peas ~ sweet carrots ~ scallions and fresh garlic ~ wild fennel:a telltale sign that spring has arrived. Pair with snails and you'll have a great dish. Hard to believe that this ode on spring's most delicious ve

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History of Greek Food · 1M ago

''...the only food they had was the spring swallows''

The Third Siege of Messolonghi was fought in the Greek War of Independence, between the Ottoman Empire and the Greeks, for almost a year. The people of Messolonghi attempted a mass breakout on the night of April 10, 1826. The no-surrender decision of those too weak to participate in the Exodus culmi

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History of Greek Food · 2M ago

Traditional foods of Greece: hyacinth bulbs.

Yes, I am a bulb eater.And yes, wild blue hyacinth is my favorite bulb.Not feeling the enthousiasm?The bitter taste of bulbs (muscari comosum, Gr. volvoi) is much appreciated in Greece ever since classical times. They also had a good reputation as an aphrodisiac amongst ancient Greeks and Byzantin

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History of Greek Food · 2M ago

Sparrows rooted in soil

Αre sparrows found rooted in soil?Greek word "strouthion" means literally "little sparrow", which doesn't not seem an unlikely name for the delicate Bladder Campion as its flowers resemble small chubby sparrows moving here and there.In Greece it is known under several names including strouthoula,

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History of Greek Food · 2M ago

GREAT GREEK PRODUCTS, WORTH THE EFFORT TO FIND

The following list includes only a small part of high quality Greek products exported, so it will be enriched from time to time.Irini Olive Oil has been awarded several times in the last years, including the Mario Solinas award in Spain. It is exported in Denmark and Sweden.Sitia Olive Oil has al

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History of Greek Food · 2M ago

BUY GREEK (?) PRODUCTS....

A citizens’ group, called “We consume what we produce” and a “buy Greek products” movement seek to promote the consumption of Greek products increasing the awareness of consumers, who are considered as the most direct power to support Greek economy. This is not the first time that Greek nation is l

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History of Greek Food · 3M ago

THE PROS AND CONS OF GREEK CRISIS

Many things have been said about the Greek crisis in the last two years, most of them confusing. The fact is that many Greeks suffer tremendously by the economic turmoil, while the political elite remains untouched. Ordinary people face deep cuts in wages, collapse of businesses, bunkruptcies, huge

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