GREEK CUISINEWorld Foods

Greek Cuisine

Greeks cooked foods while the rest of the world ate raw food

Greeks taught the Romans to cook Hesiod wrote the first cook book Greek cuisine is varied with influences

from the rest of Mediterranean

Greek Staple Foods

Greeks use lemon juice, tomatoes, and green peppers

Stuff peppers, tomatoes, and other vegetables

They use many herbs and spices Most used are cinnamon, basil, dill, bay

leaves, garlic, and oregano Egg plant is commonly served as a side

dishes or main dish http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzwqNKAQjdc

Greek Staple Foods - Lamb

Sheep have been raised since prehistoric times

Greeks cook lamb by roasting or broiling it

Combine it with other ingredients in casseroles, filling vegetables, or in soups and stews

Greek Staple Foods - Seafood

Common fish are red mullet, crawfish, cuttlefish, sea bass, red snapper, swordfish, squid, and shrimp

Baking and broiling Popular dishes include stuffed squid, raw

squid served with green beans, and tara masalta (pate made from fish eggs)

Greek Staple Food - Olives

Grow in abundance Flavor dominates Greek cuisine Eat as appetizers, snacks, or add them to

side dishes A popular salad is salata horiatiki

Greek Staple Food - Honey

Greek honey is world famous Melamacrons –Today they are used to

celebrate the new year. Basic sweetener for pastries, desserts,

and cakes Sweets are normally served on special

occasions made with phyllo Paper thin pastry made with flour and water

Baklava – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVVUetvaeCc&playnext=1&list=PLC4D43D30A8BBB798&feature=results_video

Galat oboureko – Kopenhai – Other sweets are made with flour, eggs,

and oil like diples

Greek Meals

Breakfast – dry bread and warm milk, sometimes egg and cheese

Lunch and dinner are hot meals In the evening mezedhes or appetizers

are served Olives, feta cheese, pistachio nuts, garlic

flavored sausage, shrimp, and hard cooked eggs

For dinner baked fish, vegetable, and bread are served; fruit completes the meal

At your tables discuss how Greek meals are similar to other Mediterranean countries?