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Another essential feature of the Cretan cuisine was the moderate use of alcohol, mainly red wine which accompanied meals. Finally, the most common dessert was yogurt and fresh fruits, while traditional pastry based on honey had been consumed a few times a week.
Kalitsounia (Greek: καλιτσούνια) are small cheese or herb snacks associated with the Greek island of Crete. They can be described as a treat, with different filling and serving variations. They can be described as a treat, with different filling and serving variations.
Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. [1] In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean , it is founded on the triad of wheat , olive oil , and wine . [ 2 ] It uses vegetables , olive oil , grains, fish , and meat , including pork , poultry , veal and beef , lamb , rabbit , and goat .
Dakos or ntakos (Greek: ντάκος), also known as koukouvagia or koukouvayia (κουκουβάγια, "owl") or kouloukopsomo (from koulouki + psomi, pup + bread, allegedly the bread given to puppies), is a meze consisting of a slice of soaked dried bread or barley rusk topped with chopped tomatoes and crumbled feta or mizithra cheese, and flavored with herbs such as dried oregano.
Frybread, a staple of Native American cuisine [1] Native American cuisine. Aztec cuisine; Maya cuisine; Inca cuisine; Muisca cuisine; Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies; Cuisine of Antebellum America; History of Argentine cuisine
Ancient Greek cuisine was characterized by its frugality for most, reflecting agricultural hardship, but a great diversity of ingredients was known, and wealthy Greeks were known to celebrate with elaborate meals and feasts. [1]: 95(129c)
The syssitia (Ancient Greek: συσσίτια syssítia, plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) [1] were, in ancient Greece, common meals for men and youths in social or religious groups, especially in Crete and Sparta, but also in Megara in the time of Theognis of Megara (sixth century BCE) and Corinth in the time of Periander (seventh century BCE).
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