Greek Cuisine

I wouldn't know where to start. I've been cooking and eating Greek food for about 3/4 of my life, although now I have it only about three times a week (I have to fit in my love of Indian food somewhere :laugh:). I eat mainly meat and soup dishes, with the occasional Greek pasta dish. I've never been a great eater of desserts, preferring some fruit or a cake.
 
When Craig's brother passed, he gave us first pick of his cookbooks. He had some interesting books as he was in the military and traveled a good bit, and was always a foodie. One of them is a fairly old Greek cookbook. I'm going to find it, hopefully tonight, and look through it. He also had a cookbook on tapas that has some really interesting looking recipes. Hopefully I'll run across that one too.
 
medtran49 said:
When Craig's brother passed, he gave us first pick of his cookbooks. He had some interesting books as he was in the military and traveled a good bit, and was always a foodie. One of them is a fairly old Greek cookbook. I'm going to find it, hopefully tonight, and look through it. He also had a cookbook on tapas that has some really interesting looking recipes. Hopefully I'll run across that one too.
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I love old cookery books too. The Greek one I have was published in 1960 and contains no oven temperatures in the recipes, presumably because a lot of Greeks at the time did not have ovens. Indeed, in the village where I was some nine years later, they were still cooking on open fires outside their houses or using the village baker's oven when possible. The lady in whose house I stayed did have a calor gas cooker, but I don't remember her ever using the oven. The cooker was a gift from her son, and I expect at that time the gas bottles were hard to come by in rural Greece and therefore the gas too precious to use for cooking in the oven.
 
Elawin said:
I've never had retsina outside of Greece. It is rather nice though, but I did prefer the beer. And you've just reminded me, I've got some ouzo in my drinks cupboard.:laugh:
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I think I used to buy it in the UK in the 70's - well I must have done because I drank it before I ever went to Greece. I can't remember where I bought it - maybe Soho. I had some since and found it quite disgusting! An overpowering taste of resin.
 
morning glory said:
I think I used to buy it in the UK in the 70's - well I must have done because I drank it before I ever went to Greece. I can't remember where I bought it - maybe Soho. I had some since and found it quite disgusting! An overpowering taste of resin.
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My taste may have changed since, but I did like it at the time. I had my first taste of it in Thessaloniki. nearly 50 years ago.
 
Unfortunately there are few Greek/Mediterranean restaurants in my area. Most are "take outs". The two dine in restaurants are just OK. I think they have Americanized their cooking. There is a wonderful Indian restaurant. It is where people of Indian decent dine. The real deal.
 
Elawin said:
I've never had retsina outside of Greece. It is rather nice though, but I did prefer the beer. And you've just reminded me, I've got some ouzo in my drinks cupboard.:laugh:
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The first I'd ever saw ouzo and retsina mentioned was in the Alistair MacLean book "The Guns of Navarone". I have every one of his books and have probably read each 10 times.
 
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