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  2. Ancient Greek cuisine - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Opson and sitos - Wikipedia

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    Opson is the 'relish' that complements the sitos; sitos is the staple food part of the meal, i.e. grains like wheat or barley, and pulses like chickpeas and fava beans. [ 1 ] Although any kind of complement to the staple , even salt , could be categorized as opson , the term was also commonly used to refer to the most esteemed kind of relish: fish.

  4. Greek cuisine - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Nutrition in classical antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The major civilizations are those of the Mediterranean region, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and southwest Asia. Nutrition consisted of simple fresh or preserved whole foods that were either locally grown or transported from neighboring areas during times of crisis. Physicians and philosophers studied the effect of food on the human body and ...

  6. Lagana (bread) - Wikipedia

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    Lagana (Greek: λαγάνα, from λάγανον [1]) is a Greek flatbread traditionally baked for Clean Monday, the first day of the Great Lent. Traditionally, it was prepared unleavened (without the yeast), but leavened lagana is nowadays more common. [2] It is typically flat, oval-shaped, with surface decorated by impressing fingertips. [3] [4]

  7. List of Greek dishes - Wikipedia

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    In Greece and Italy, snails are eaten in a diversity of dishes and sometimes they are even used in sauces and poured over various types of pasta. On Crete, one popular dish is snails in tomato sauce. Savoro (σαβόρο) Cooking method for foods marinated and cooked in vinegar. Popular is the savoro fish dish from Corfu. Sofrito (σοφρίτο)

  8. Tiropita - Wikipedia

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    Tiropita or tyropita (Greek: τυρóπιτα, "cheese-pie") is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo and filled with a cheese-egg mixture. [1] It is served either in an individual-size free-form wrapped shape, or as a larger pie that is portioned. When made with kasseri cheese, it may be called kasseropita (κασερόπιτα). [2]

  9. Category:Ancient Greek cuisine - Wikipedia

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