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Page 11 By George MacManus

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 21, 1941

Bringing Up Father

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A PAGE FOR WOMEN Some Greek Dishes You Can Try

Napoleon said, "An army mar-lightly fried in oil, also a few (only by the wealthier class. Goat's ches on its stomach."

These

often Let us see chopped tomatoes.

consumed. are milk is most what the Greeks eat in their land, added to the fish and Baked in a either fresh or curdled (yahourti) which was ancient before British j modernte oven for about 30 The peasants.cat fresh and dried roust beef and Irish stew wern minutes, until the sh is quite vegetables made into a thick soup; cot- even thought of.

cheese- -mostly home-inade tage cheese; and the roes of salted Ash, especially from herrings and sardines. When available, they eat fresh fish.

tender.

The food eaten in Greece is Arni Souvła And partly governed by religion,

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the number of days on which no meat, eggs, and milk are eaten. total 200 per annum. In some districts the peasants eat meat only once or twice a week; in others, only a few times a year. On feast days it is the custoin to roast a whole lamb on the spit.

Of the meat eaten, mutton and veal have precedence, then comes chicken. Pork is eaten only dur- ing the winter months. Beef is hardly ever eaten by the Greeks, as they do not dream of killing an animal as useful as the ox. Oxen are killed only when they old for agricultural pur- are too poses, and by that time they are very lean and tough.

Pilaffs

Greek cooking for centuries has been influenced by Turkish cook-

ing, and the Greek pilaffs (savoury

rice) are still very

those of Turkey.

Kebato

un..

Breakfast consists of coffee and Another favourite dish,

French a crescent roll, like the origin, is

solld doubtedly of Turkish

dejeuner, petit

the and arni souvla, or meat on skewers. meals are caten

at midday and Small cubes of lamb or muttoh, in the evening. seasoned with salt,

pepper, and bay leaves, are threaded on ske- wers and grilled till well brown- fed on an open fire.

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A national dish of Arcadia 15 kebato, which consists of small pleces of liver grilled on a ske- wer of thyme wood.

Invariably salad is eaten with these grilled meats. It is made of shredded raw cabbage, beet- root, haricot beans, black olives, und capers. A dressing made of four tablespoons of vinegar, three of oil, a little salt, pepper, and

mustard is poured over the salut.

Yahourti

is seldom used, Bulter

being

replaced by olive oil, which is chenp and plentiful. Milk pro-

Rice dishes are very popular, ducts, except cheese, are eaten

and many kinds of pilaffs are

eaten. One of the favourite pilaffs | (2001------

is made by frying a cup of rice

in a little butter or oil for eight minutes. Strong stock, salt, pep- per, and chopped tomatoes are then gradually added to the rice, and it is simmered for about 25 minutes. When properly cooked, the rice should be just moist, and each graih should be detached. Often small pieces of mutton, previously browned, are mixed in with the rice 15 minutes before serving.

Ghofaria Plaki

The great national fish dish of. Greece is ghofaria plaki, or baked fish. Mostly, bream or mullet is used for this dish. The filleted fish is placed in a baking dish with a little oil and water, two cloves of garlic, salt and pepper. Six finely chopped onions are

The mentally sketchy girl; Trend le trying to figure out If all work and no play makes “a cduffs person what does all play and no work do to ona?

The Greek people are very fond of sweets, pastries, and cakes. One of their favourite sweets is baclava-a paste made of almonds, honey, and spices.

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Coffee is the national beverage, and is served in tiny cups. glass of water is always served with the cup of coffee.

Avgholemono

A typical Greek soup is nygho-

OP lemen

It Soup. lemono, consists of a good chicken or beef stock, thickened with a little rice, which is enoked +13 the soup. Just before serving, the yolks of two eggs, diluted with a little of the warm stock and the juice of one and a half lemons, are stirred into the soup. Croutons are served with the soup. KANI

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