Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[Alaskan]

@Chicken Ladies i have never been to Greece! Greece has some super lovely Orthodox monasteries, many with wonderworking icons and such. I would love to go!

Of course.... I don't really like any of the Greek food that I have eaten. not my cup of tea.

 

[perchie.girl]

@Chicken Ladies i have never been to Greece! Greece has some super lovely Orthodox monasteries, many with wonderworking icons and such. I would love to go!

Of course.... I don't really like any of the Greek food that I have eaten.

not my cup of tea.

Oooh your missin out.... what did you have?

 

[perchie.girl]

FWIW I cook in plastic... bags etc.

deb

 

[Alaskan]

Many different eggplant things and these grape leaf things... Grape leaves should not be considered edible. Blach

 

[Alaskan]

I don't think that the Greeks know about cream sauces, and cream sauce with peppercorns, and sour cream sauce, and sausage gravy..... and a good Alfredo!

 

[Alaskan]

And I betcha no Greek has made a good giblet gravy and cornbread dressing!



Dang! I am ultra hungry now!!!!!

 

[perchie.girl]

And I betcha no Greek has made a good giblet gravy and cornbread dressing!



Dang! I am ultra hungry now!!!!!

My favorite stuffed grape leaves have lamb in them a little rice and lemon.

Depending on whos region is making them they are called Dolmas or Dolmades... the best ones I ever had were in a Mediterranean restaurant owned and run by a Turkish woman.... They cook all the similar things around the Mediterranean but they have different names for them.

She made her own Shwarma.... Which is cooked on the same kind of cooker they use for Gyros. Shwarma can be any kind of meat you want... Chicken, Beef, even pork.... Hers was chicken Chicken breasts flattened out and marinated in olive oil herbs and lemon juice.... then skewered onto the spit alternading onion slice chicken onion slice chicken.... Till the skewer is full about eighteen inches tall and about twelve inches around.... Then its put into the verticle griller..... and rotated...

Which cooks the meat till its crispy on the outside ... the crispy parts are shaved off with a kinfe thats razer sharp and caught in a container... then served on Pita bread with Tziki sauce...

She would put fresh chopped onions and tomato and letuce to go under the meat... Then the sauce went on and it got rolled a bit with tinfoil to hold it all together.....


the orangish one is chicken and that color is from Middle eastern Paprika.... you have tasted nothing like it unless you import it yourself...
The picture is of an Arabic version of Schwarma.

tzatziki sauce is Greek or very thick yogurt Grated cucumber and grated garlic a little bit of olive oil and I like dill in mine. Very savory and very good on meat or as a dip. there are version of it all over the Mediterranean and middle east as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzatziki

We have a greek restaurant that has a drive through .... Their Tzatziki sauce is loaded with garlic... and very very yummy. They only do the standard Gyro faire.... Their greek style roasted chicken is succulent and tasty......

The only food I cant handle much of in Greek Cuisine is Feta... Its a bit too salty for me... But Greek Salad dressing is a vinegarette made with lemon juice very good olive oil and lots of garlic and herbs.... Salad is letuce onion sliced up A little bit of Feta and some good greek PITTED olives... even some peperoni or bits of salami tossed in.. The salad dressing ... a little goes a long way.

Now I am hungry

 

[ronott1]

FWIW I cook in plastic... bags etc.

deb

http://www.boldsky.com/health/wellness/2011/food-in-plastic-110711-aid0111.html

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/296504.php

We cannot avoid plastic exposure but we can lessen it.

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Oooh your missin out....  what did you have?

I agree!

Greek/ Mediterranean food is one of my favorites...

 

[Woodsdweller]

Fruit and veggie eating here is problematic...


In general it is super expensive and tastes bad.

Frozen and canned is just super expensive.

Local goods are a two months out of the year thing. We (the family) eats oodles of fresh when it is here.... But that is sill just for two months.

Some things like peas and raspberries the kids only like and eat when fresh.

Of course, I do some things like grow sprouts throughout the year... But I grow sprouts in plastic!

Have you ever considered growing vegetables in containers indoors? In my basement I have a small "greenhouse" 6'x6' where I grow vegetables and herbs (legal ones), planted in the fall. Fresh veggies all winter until I can plant outside again.