Mediterranean Lifestyle and much more
Clean Monday is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus, where it is celebrated with outdoor excursions, the consumption of shellfish and other fasting food, a special kind of azymebread, baked only on that day, named Lagana and the widespread custom of flying kites.
MARTIS. WELCOMING MARCH WITH A GREEK TRADITION
GREEK EASTER – LENT & FASTING Greek Orthodox Lent is a time of fasting, which means abstaining from foods that contain animals with red blood (meats, poultry, game) and products from animals with red blood (milk, cheese, eggs, etc.), and fish and seafood with backbones. Olive oil and wine are also restricted. Continue Reading
FOOD IN ANCIENT GREECE Ancient Greek food was frugal, in order to reflect the difficulty of agricultural life and was based on wheat, olive oil and wine; fish was also common but other types of meat were used less often. The basis of Ancient Greek food was cereals, mainly wheat, and when needed, a mix Continue Reading
