Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Great Wednesday

Wednesday of Holy (Great) week

 Easter cookie day - the day of the koulourakia


 Overcast today with short rain showers.  The air is thick with dust from the Sahara desert.  Rain turns it into a thin layer of red mud which sticks to everything.  The dust in the air turns eyes red and makes allergies worse.  So much for cleaning.  

 There was no cleaning today.  We went for our big easter shop, picking up essential alcohol and all the ingredients for the easter koulourakia (cookies/biscuits).  We picked up the grandkids and brought them up to help with the preparations.  The boys bundled up prunings from the grapevine and the jasmine ready to be burnt on the BBQ.  Nels made the dough for the easter cookies and then they all rolled and shaped and made a mound of koulourakia.

Hopefully they were having fun as well






The kids don't fast though two of them are not eating meat this week.  They sampled the koulourakia and ate a pile of them too.  So did I.  No-one else is allowed to try them till Easter Sunday, after the fast is broken,  They are made with eggs, butter and milk and also ouzo and orange zest for aroma.  Darn good batch!

Every year we make the same recipe and every year it turns out a little different.  Nels and the rest of the kids excelled themselves this time!


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  1. wisps of words24 April 2019 at 11:28

    Nahhhhhh, he's not having any fun.... 😊

    And now I know what "Great" means.

    Bet those are delicious...

    All "The Old Ways" had it right! Have times of less, and times of more. Fasting followed by Feasting.

    Even Nature took care of this, by having Winter and Summer. Winter took care of the 'Fasting' part. Until Summer came and food was plentiful again.

    Special meals are only Special, if we "can't" have them, every day.

    😊😊😊😊😊

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    1. local alien24 April 2019 at 22:48

      This a celebration of spring, and those delicious little lambs but the church would never agree with that.
      There was a lot of laughter yesterday.
      They worked and they played. We re taking lots of photos and enjoying it all. Oldest Brandon goes off to university next year and all will change

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    2. local alien24 April 2019 at 22:49

      Brandon ..grandson, whose name is George lol

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  2. Amy24 April 2019 at 13:10

    mmmm yum I've never tried ouzo in cookings but it's nice as an alcoholic drink.

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    1. local alien24 April 2019 at 22:49

      I'm amazed you like ouzo. Beware! But I'm sure you already know that

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  3. Yael24 April 2019 at 13:15

    I do not bake but this post certainly makes me want to try.

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    1. local alien24 April 2019 at 22:50

      Much easier to go and buy them from the baker! Now I've got all the cleaning up to do

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  4. JayCee24 April 2019 at 13:20

    Yum!

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    1. local alien24 April 2019 at 22:51

      We'll be eating these for darn weeks we made so many

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  5. Susan Heather24 April 2019 at 14:58

    Wonderful family time

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  6. Cro Magnon24 April 2019 at 21:20

    One of my grandsons was showing interest in cooking recently. We cooperated on two dishes. Good to see kids enjoying cooking what they eat.

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    1. local alien24 April 2019 at 22:53

      One of the boys wants to be a chef...at the moment. The other makes mighty scrambled eggs and pizza.
      We encourage them all though they don't include the clean up as part of the fin

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  7. coffeeontheporchwithme25 April 2019 at 04:34

    Those cookies turned out beautifully! I love the traditions being carried down. -Jenn

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    1. local alien25 April 2019 at 08:07

      Certainly this week has a ton of customs and traditions which are carried on as they always were

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  8. angela25 April 2019 at 15:05

    They sound yummy. Might have to share the recipe with us please

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