Greek Food

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Greek food throughout its history and continuing today is for the Greeks a philosophy, they know that what makes a perfect feast is not just the food but also the good company. Food is nearly always prepared with the tastes of the guests in mind, should the dishes be roasted or fried, light or heavy? and the wine carefully chosen. Much of the conversation at the dinner table centres amicably around the food. The freshness of the fish , having just leapt from the sea; the vegetables newly dug from the ground or picked from the vines of the local farmers. The host will want to proudly point out how they have attempted to provide the best and freshest produce for you to enjoy. part of the http://www.internationalaccommodation.com project.

Boureki: individually vegetable and meat fillings wrapped in phyllo pastry or dough.
Deep Fried vegetables "tiganita" (courgettes, aubergines, peppers or mushrooms).
Dolmades: grapevine leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables, meat is also often included.
Fava: Yellow split pea puree or other bean purees; sometimes made of fava beans (called κουκκιά in Greek)
Greek Salad: The so-called Greek Salad is known in Greece as Village/Country Salad (Horiatiki), essentially a tomato salad with cucumber, red onion, feta cheese, and kalamata olives, dressed with olive oil.
Horta: wild or cultivated greens, steamed or blanched and made into salad, simply dressed with lemon juice and olive oil. They can be eaten as a light meal with potatoes (especially during Lent, in lieu of fish or meat).
Kolokythoanthoi: zucchini flowers stuffed with rice or cheese and herbs.
Koukkia: fava beans.
Lachanosalata: Cabbage Salad. Very finely shredded cabbage with salt, olive oil, lemon juice/vinegar dressing.
Marides tiganites: Deep-fried whitebait, usually served with lemon wedges.
Melitzanosalata: aubergine (eggplant) salad.
Pantzarosalata: beetroot salad with olive oil and vinegar.
Patata salata: Potato salad with olive oil, finely sliced onions, lemon juice or vinegar.
Saganaki: fried cheese; the word "saganaki" means a small cooking pan, and can be applied to many other foods.
Skordalia: thick garlic and potato puree, usually accompanies deep fried fish/cod.
Spanakopita: spinach feta cheese dill spiring onion wrapped in phyllo pastry.
Taramosalata: fish roe mixed with boiled potatoes or moistened breadcrumbs, olive oil and lemon juice.
Tzatziki: yoghurt with cucumber and garlic puree, used as a dip.
Tyropita: cheese (usually feta) wrapped in phyllo pastry.
Many other food items also are wrapped in phyllo pastry, either in bite-size triangles or in large sheets: kotopita (chicken), spanakotyropita (spinach and cheese), hortopita (greens), kreatopita (meat pie, using ground meat), etc.

Avgolemono 'egg-lemon' soup: chicken, meat, vegetable, or fish broth thickened with eggs, lemon juice, and rice.
Bourou-Bourou, a vegetable & pasta soup from the island of Corfu.
Colomo soup.
Fakes, is a lentil soup and one of the famous everyday Greek soups, usually served with vinegar and feta cheese.
Fasolada, a bean soup defined in many cookery books as the traditional Greek dish. It is made of beans

Fried Octopus | Fried Cod | Fried Squid | Fried fish steaks in garlic sauce | Sardines with oregano and oil | Stuffed mussels | Fish with celery | Mussels | Stuffed squid | Cuttlefish with spinach | Octopus with elbow macaroni | Ancient Greek Mullet | Ancient cooked tuna | Greek Shrimp with Feta | Cuttlefish with elbow macaroni | Cod with aromatic herbs | Gilt-head bream on the grill | Fried red mullet | Marinated red mullet | Octopus with paprika | Ancient Greek Shrimps in a glace of honey | Ancient Greek Gilt head bream with cheese and oil | Ancient Greek Fish with coriander | Baked Small fish | Red mullet in foil | Fried Shrimps | Fried whitebait | Spaghetti with lobster | Fish Spetsiota | Octopus in wine sauce | Fried mussels | Cod croquetes | Squids in wine and tomato sauce | Marinated little fish | Sardines wrapped with vineleaves | Fried cuttlefish with aromatic herbs | Sole in cream and yoghurt sauce | Shrimps with tomato sauce and feta | Crayfish with lemon - oil sauce | Octopus with small onions | Artichokes with cod | Baked shrimps with garlic and spring onions | Cuttlefish with leeks | Octopus Pilaf | Fried cuttlefish | Baked Chub mackerel with tomato and garlic | Fried sardines | Salted sardines from Kalloni Lesvos |

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• Fried mussels
• Cod croquetes
• Marinated little

[ivostojanov]

blah! i hate greek food!

But i love how they cry for food on the streets .!.

[11667700]

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[werewasyo]

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[PsychoSquid28]

@aikaterini1310 lol yeah im greek and my grandma cooks greek food for us all the time!

[aikaterini1310]

nobody knows how to cook better, or eat better, than the greeks !!! indigestion is an unknown phenomenon for those who know how to cook properly ...

[carpetmonk]

i do believe you wont sleep at night due to indigestion

[fonnips]

@Shorigun great u can add that to ur seasoning mix

[XOUSPA]

1 that havent eat Greek food....

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