Compare those three different Name Day- celebration menus of Cretan upper- middle class: 1) A dinner of 1970 served in the dining room, with coffee, brandy, liqueurs and smoke in the living room. Fried myzithrokalitsouna ( Cretan small pies stuffed with myzithra,…
MUSHROOMS, FUNGI, AMANITAS, MANITARIA, MANITES
In olden times, Greeks had a love of mushrooms of many kinds, supported by extensive knowledge, particularly among men and to some extent hunters and villagers. Rural populations considered mushrooms as ‘meat’ for the poor and relied on them when…