“Weekend Herb Blogging“ is one of my favourite food blogging events and I am very happy that this week I am going to be hosting it.
I’m sure you’ve have heard of this event as this is the 3rd Year of Weekend Herb Blogging, created by Kalyn of Kalyn’s Kitchen and now Kalyn has passed it [...]
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Actually these were not intended to become a fig jam but as I said yesterday, when I went to the farmers’ market I bought tons of fruit, amongst other two kinds of figs: black figs and royal figs.
The only ones in the family eating figs is my elder son and me. We [...]
Cherries have a remarkably short growing season and in Greece this period is between end of June and end of July. In Cyprus I remember we could eat cherries, as early as May but by June they were gone. There are a few types of cherries, such as wild cherries, Bind, Lambert, Rainier, Royal Ann [...]
Continue reading about Cherry Spoon Sweet (Glyko Kerassi) Γλυκό Κεράσι
THIRD RECIPE
Karpouzi Glyko - Watermelon spoon sweet
Spoon sweets are sweet preserves, served in a spoon (occasionally with a small fork) as a gesture of hospitality.
They can be made from almost any fruit, though sour and bitter fruits are especially prized. There are even spoon sweets made from vegetables.
Whole fruit preserves can be found in most [...]
Continue reading about Water Melon - A Natural Viagra? Part II
Bergamot spoon sweet
Bergamots can be found in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and other Mediterranean countries. Bergamot originated in Asia and is a small tree with long, oval green leaves with white flowers, which blossom during the spring. The bergamot bears a small round fruit and it is like a big lemon but has an orange [...]
Although I have already given a few recipes of spoon sweets I forgot to mention how we know if the syrup is ready. It is very important for spoon sweets that the syrup has the proper density.
If we have doubts and don’t know if the syrup is ready this is what we should do.
For spoon [...]
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In the picture you can see walnut (black), eggplant (red) and water melon (yellow).
Traditional, homemade, spoons sweets are slowly disappearing. Working housewives have so little time to spare that they can’t devote to such time consuming work and prefer to buy them from supermarkets. As a result, traditional recipes are gradually being forgotten and [...]
