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Tzatziki with olives and a spearmint garnish, served as meze. Greek-style tzatziki sauce is commonly served as a meze, to be eaten with bread, fried eggplant, or zucchini. [15] Tzatziki is made of strained yogurt (usually from sheep or goat milk) mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and dill or mint or parsley. [16]
The name comes from the Greek γύρος (gyros, 'circle' or 'turn').It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7]In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes.
Although gyros is unquestionably of Middle Eastern origin, the issue of whether modern-day souvlaki came to Greece via Turkish cuisine, and should be considered a Greek styling of shish kebab, or is a contemporary revival of Greek tradition dating as far back as 17th century BC Minoan civilization, [18] is a topic of sometimes heated debate, at ...
So so called Greek yogurt and Tzatziki are not Greek they are of Turkish/Turkic origin. So This article needs an overhaul.--Prusan 14:58, 21 July 2015 (UTC) The origin of a dish can be completely different from the origin of any one of its ingredients. Largoplazo 22:11, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
Apart from the Greek dishes that can be found all over Greece, there are also many regional dishes. [71] [72] North-Western and Central Greece (Epirus, Thessaly and Roumeli/Central Greece) have a strong tradition of filo-based dishes, such as some special regional pitas. Greek cuisine uses seeds and nuts in everything from pastry to main dishes ...
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes. These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G; Greek and Latin roots from H to O; Greek and Latin roots from P to Z. Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are listed in the List of medical roots, suffixes and ...
Most Modern Greek varieties have lost word-final -n, once a part of many inflectional suffixes of Ancient Greek, in all but very few grammatical words. The south-eastern islands have preserved it in many words (e.g. [ˈipen] vs. standard [ˈipe] he said; [tiˈrin] vs. standard [tiˈri] 'cheese').
Meze (also spelled mezze or mezé) (/ ˈ m ɛ z eɪ /, / ˈ m ɛ z ɛ /) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Arabic and West Asian cuisines: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Armenia.