History of Greek Food

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PUMPKIN RECIPES with a twist

Pumpkins. Curcubitae!!!Round, oblong, or violin-shaped, yellow, orange, yellow-green, green, smooth or grooved pumpkins. There are many varieties, from mini to maxi. One of them, Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd), was widely grown in Greece from ancient times for its use as…

historyofgreekfood8 December 2011 anchovy, dessert, fish, Greek food, pastry, pastry filled with pumpkin custard, pumpkin, pumpkin and fish, squash recipes, Trigona Panoramatos, vegetables 2 Comments

CRETAN FOOD MARKETS

Ηeraklion Cretan cheese and yogurt are made with the milk of goat or/ and sheep. Cow milk is never used in their production. Jeladhia, a jelly made with the head and the feet of the pig used to…

historyofgreekfood19 August 2010 Cretan gastronomy, desserts, fish, pies, Sea-food, Tradition 4 Comments

SUMMER SALAD

Salad. A summer without it would be very dull. Tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers straight from the garden, olives -that came from our olive trees- preserved in bitter orange juice. Onion juice and bitter orange juice marinated fresh tuna. Boiled potatoes. Sea…

historyofgreekfood8 July 2010 fish, salads 6 Comments

FISH SOUP FOR THOUGHT

Behind this fish -soup there is a long history of fear and courage. Because, in the ancient thought the sea was a hostile, lonely world with sea monsters and fishes which were frightening to humans…. the only animal eaten in eastern Mediterranean…

historyofgreekfood28 January 2010 Ancient Greece, art, fish, soup 19 Comments

TIME FOR STORING!

Don’t you just love the smell of first rain? It was raining all night and morning yesterday. Chania saw the first rain in four months! The scents of Rosemary, Sage, Lemon Verbena, Thyme, Mint and Lavender filled the air. Autumn…

historyofgreekfood9 September 2009 fish, Tradition, vegetables 4 Comments

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