Greece is the homeland of dazzling sun, the sea and hundreds of wonderful recipes for food, a mosaic of flavors, always satisfying the senses of taste them. One is the ancient Greek gods Zeus, Xenia (hospitable). Hospitality continues to be one of the main virtues of the Greeks. Wherever you go, the continent or islands, you are welcomed not as a stranger, but as a guest and a friend. Sometimes you are invited to enter a country house and give you a cup of coffee or an ouzo or simply the best for a true Greek, a glass of cold water. When you visit, the host will give you some candy or glyco sweets, cake, jam or loukoumi (Turkish delight). If you accept or loukoumi jam, glass of water and hating going ighian ISS airlock (your health).
They say that the cuisine is an important part of people's culture. Greek cuisine is more than this. Its beginnings are lost in the mythical times when gods of Olympus came down among mortals. Is a typical Mediterranean cuisine, with common features Italian kitchens, Balkan, and Eastern.
Greek cuisine has a tradition of over 4000 years and in 330 BC, Archestratos wrote the first cookbook in history. Or at least that is believed. I would say that cooking is the first book in the history of the Western world, because I do not think the Chinese have missed the opportunity to be first in this field. Either way, the ancient Greeks ate frugally: wheat, olive oil, fish and wine, the meat is extremely rare. Frugalitatea it was maintained during the Roman occupation, Byzantine and Ottoman and has changed only recently, when advances in technology have made meat and other ingredients more readily available.
Refinement was, and remains, a relatively foreign concept cuisine Greek cuisine is distinguished by simple, nutritious and filling. However, the latest culinary trends shown favorable a more refined approach. The oldest and the defining ingredient in Greek cuisine is olive oil, it gives the characteristic taste and is used to any dish or dessert. Vegetables are the most common eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, bamele, sweet peppers and onions. Honey is derived primarily from citrus fruits: lemons, oranges, bitter oranges, but the thyme and pine Mediterranean. Mastic, an aromatic resin is still Chios Pride. Greeks have their favorite flavors: oregano, mint, garlic, onion, dill, bay leaf. Other popular spices are basil, thyme and fennel. Many Greek dishes use spices sweet combined with meat (cinnamon, cloves), thus betraying the Arab and Persian influence.
By Maria Morari
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