Lamb
When I saw the three ingredients for this month’s Joust, chosen by last month’s winner, my friend Peter, of Souvlaki for the Soul, I thought it would be impossible to use all three ingredients in a recipe. First of all I had trouble finding some fennel seels, but now that I have found them, you [...]
What’s a donkey doing in a cooking blog? This cute animal is grazing on Mount Hymettus. Certainly it has nothing to do with the blog but this donkey has more sense than most people have. Each summer we have the same problems. Fires! Today, this beautiful mountain is on fire. Athens, is surrounded [...]
Usually I don’t have a lot of leftovers. On Monday I prepared lots of food as it was my eldest son’s name day but none of my sons ate much. On Tuesday I made a Lamb Roast, tabbouleh, tzatziki and a Birthday Cake but unfortunately again I had lots of leftovers as they DID NOT [...]
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Kokoretsi is a traditional Greek Easter dish consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offal. To make kokoretsi the most difficult part of the process is to wash the bowels (intestines) of the lamb. The bowels should be washed thoroughly inside out. They are then washed and put in a bowl of water with either [...]
During the Easter holidays half the population of Athens celebrate Easter at their villages or at their relatives’ villages. Like the majority of theAthenians we drive away from this crazy city to relax and rejoin again with our relatives. Sparta is about 2 – 3 hours drive away from Athens but some times, during the Easter [...]
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It is not usual here in Greece when buying baby goat or lamb you have to buy the organs and sometimes the head, as well. When my husband bought half of a baby goat he had to buy the organs as well. When he brought this along I couldn’t think how to cook it. Besides [...]
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This roast is delicious and so easy to prepare. In Cyprus we eat a lot of lamb and I remember that this used to be our Sunday lunch. My mother used to go to church every Sunday early in the morning and it’s the only meal I can remember my father preparing for us on [...]
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This dish comes from the time of the Greek revolution, when bands of Greek guerrillas, called Klephts, hid in the mountains. In Greek, “kleftiko” means «stolen meat». In order to survive, the klephts would steal a lamb or a goat from a flock as it grazed on a hillside. The thieves would cook the meat [...]
Ttavas, written with double “t” to indicate the heavy accent and pronunciation of the Cypriot dialect. Many Cypriot words have retained their double consonants and the route of this Cypriot pronunciation comes from the ancient Greek which Cypriots keep in their pronunciation and way of talking until today. Ttavas takes its name from the dish [...]
Chirino Psito (Roasted Pork) Today I was having back ache problems so my husband offered to do the cooking, so he cooked a pork roast in the oven. He doesn’ t cook often although he can cook some easy dishes. When we used to work, I would work from 08:30 to 16:30 and my husband [...]
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