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Baked lamb in a clay pot with kritharaki (a Greek pasta identical to risoni or orzo) Gyros (γύρος) Roasted and sliced meat (usually pork or chicken, rarely beef or lamb) on a turning spit, typically served with sauces like tzatziki and garnishes (tomato, onions) on pita bread (a popular fast food in Greece and Cyprus).
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)
Milk, cheese, buttermilk, and yogurt are the important dairy products. Pontians were traditionally farmers who produced their own food. They ate whatever was available. [1] The Pontos region has a distinct winter and summer; Pontians traditionally prepared food for winter by drying fruit and pickling vegetables.
Beer is recorded in the written history of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt and is one of the world's oldest prepared beverages. [75]Kykeon was a common beverage of sustenance in ancient Greece, most often consisting mainly of a barley gruel mixture with various additives, sometimes written as having psychoactive properties associated with religious visions.
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 .
[3]: 169 In Byzantine culture, eggs were considered food for people who were sick or fasting. [3]: 168 Cheese, another popular food, was derived from cows, sheep, goats, or water buffalo. [3]: 169 It came in various kinds, both hard and soft. [3]: 169 Paphlagonian cheese was a popular variety eaten in Constantinople.
This month-long meal plan of Mediterranean diet dinner recipes will keep you feeling satisfied and healthy this January. These recipes feature ingredients prioritized in the Mediterranean diet ...
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