Fassolia
One thing I forgot to mention in my post for Nafplion was about Psorokostena, which is a disparaging noun Greeks use to label Greece’s perceived socio-economic limitations. During the Ottoman occupancy, the Greeks were very poor but also after the Independence people lived in poverty for many years. One day in 1826 they gathered at [...]
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I really loved the last pesto I made recently with fresh cardamom and rocket and as I had some leftover, I did not want any to be wasted. As I already said in other posts, I am using the word leftover a lot lately. I try and cook dried legumes as often as I can [...]
Beans are considered to be the national food of the Greeks. I do not know the story behind this, maybe it is because they used to eat them a lot, but according to food historians, fassolia and fassolada has been around since ancient Greek times. However, years back they used to call beans “the meat [...]
From all the dried legumes, in Greece, fassolada (and NOT fassoulada, which is the way the peasants used to call it), is a hearty navy beans stew (or soup if you like) and is considered to be the national food of the Greeks. In the stew (or soup) various vegetables such as carrots, potato [...]
