Easter preparations begin on Holy Thursday when the traditional eggs are dyed red and sweet Easter bread may be baked. Lampropsomo (=bright bread) or lamprokouloura (=bright circular bread) is rich in eggs and butter (foods forbidden during Lent) and is…
GOING HELLENISTIC
When Macedonian Caranous gave his wedding banquet, early in the third century, only 20 men attended as his guests. As soon as they had sat down, a silver bowl was given to each of them as a present. When they had drunk the…
LAMB’S HEAD
Greek Easter means lamb but the least physically attractive part of the animal, the head, is what is treated as unparalleled delicacy. The tradition of serving lamb head at feasts and special occasions is still a popular custom, particularly among islanders, though it often inspires disgust to several of the foreign…
NEW YEAR IS HERE. HOW HAPPY IS IT?
A Christmas meal A dinner after Christmas A New Year’s Eve dinner Holiday season is finally over… No more tables filled with mountain of delicacies. Though they hid us for a few days from world’s despair and Greece’s economic depression.…
CHRISTMAS #3. PASTRY SWADDLING CLOTHES (Τα σπάργανα του Χριστού)
Thin ribbons of fried dough or strips having the thickness of a pencil… They are crunchy but fragile and melt in the mouth. It’s quite easy to make them; you just need flour and water or orange juice and sometimes…