The Cretan sheep cooperative farms “Kritika mitata” recently exported 5.500 live sheeps and lambs to Libya. Googling “Live sheep for Northern African Countries” I found out that there are inquires for continuous supply of live sheep for Libya. This sounds like…
Mastic
Masticha drop (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gotaq.jpg) Much of Chios’ mastic gum industry went up in smoke over the past week when a fire destroyed about the half of island’s mastic trees. Environmental disaster and extensive economic damage were the results of the wildfire. ““Some…
Best breakfast I have ever had
By the time of the classical period the early breakfast was called akratisma and, as the name implies, consisted of a piece of bread dipped in unmixed wine (akratos). Sometimes, figs, olives and cheese complemented bread and wine.The first meal…
Fig spoon sweet with a twist
I am not a person who likes sweets but I am fond of fig spoon sweet which is made with immature male figs…. …. those that contain wasps and pollen and are not eaten raw. Sometimes I serve sweet figs…