Leftovers.
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Another Day
Sunday 3 November 2024
This Week
This week on a Greek island
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Substitute substitute
What to do when you want to bake a cake for your sweet-tooth husband and there's no butter and only one egg.
You could go and buy half a dozen eggs but the shops are 6ks away and tomorrow is shopping day.
Substitute of course.
I made a chocolate/coffee cake.
It called for 2 eggs. I used 1egg and a tbsp of vinegar.
Butter? Olive oil is even better.
Vanilla? A good slug of my homemade rose geranium liqueur instead.
Coffee? We always have plenty of that, Greek, nescafe classic and decaf. We don't drink as much coffee in the winter so there are 2 tins left in the cupboard. During summer all visitors are offered iced coffee and we drink it anytime of the day.
Cocoa? A few months ago I read something about problems with the cocoa bean harvest and stocked up on good plain unsweetened cocoa while it was still available and cheap. I don't see any lack of cocoa in the shops. Chocolate has gone up in price but what hasn't.
Flour? We always have kilos of the stuff, just in case.
Flour, macaroni, rice, beans and lentils, olive oil, preserved olives and wine . In an emergency we wouldn't go hungry. These are the basics.
Oil? Spit spit spit that we should ever run out of olive oil. We still have half a 17 kilo tin of last year's oil. It's just about harvest time and we will be shopping around for fresh oil. 'They say' that this year the price will be slightly lower.
We'll See!
Monday 28 October 2024
OHI Day
28th October
Big brother is a year older.
Happy Birthday Paul Mou.
See you in a few months.
And another day of Greek National Pride. There will be a church service, wreath laying, speeches, and a parade of school children along the waterfront to the 'big band' music of the Poros Municipal 'orchestra'.
This year we will have only one granddaughter to cheer on in the parade.
We'll be there!
This day is called OHI Day. The day PM Metaxas, back in 1940, replied with a resounding NO to Mussolini's demand to surrender.
A few hours later war began on the front with Albania where Italian forces had gathered. Greeks fought them back into Albania.
A newspaper at the time wrote
'Today there is no Greek who does not add his voice to the thunderous OHI OHI OHI (no, no, no), we will not hand over Greece to Italy.
OHI.....Italian ruffiani* will not set foot on our land.
OHI..... the barbarian will not desecrate our Parthenon.'
From then on this day became known as OHI Day.
You haven't seen Poppi on the blog for a while. Here she is laying a wreath on behalf of the Poros Rowing Club. Beside her is Petros, another Balkanian medal winner.
Sunday 27 October 2024
26th and the 28th.....Celebrations
26th October. Happy Name day Danae mas and Jamie mas and anyone named Dimitri or Dimitra
More Misc...
Some odds and some ends.
Autumn is definitely here and I'm pleased.
Duvets went on beds last week. Something to snuggle under. It's still warm enough at night to leave open a window and a shutter.
I wear slippers on my feet instead of walking bare foot on chilly tiles.
I walk.
I enjoy a half hour in the garden, not doing much. There are no weeds yet. No rain. Pots only need watering every few days instead of daily. I sowed rocket (arugulla, or roka) seeds in the old wheelbarrow. I wanted to plant leeks but our local garden centre had an argument with his supplier and there will no leek plants this year. I'll put in a few garlic cloves and onions just to say I have a winter garden. Maybe there will be a few lettuces though it's cheaper to buy them when we want them.
Friday 25 October 2024
Food
Classic NZ Fish Pie. Or as classic as you can make it in a foreign country with substitute ingredients.
This should be made with fresh smoked NZ kawhai. I made it with frozen north sea cod.
My daughter who loves anything from downunder has asked me to make this for months. Or is it years, Elli Mou? Although I've eaten this pie in years gone by I don't think I've ever cooked it.
Carnivore Flatbread
For the last 2 and a half years I've been eating an animal based diet. Mainly meat and eggs, fish, cheese. No bread, cake or packaged goodies. No sugar. Most of the time. I eat cake and icecream on a birthday or a name day. If I feel like it. You get the picture. I've lost a lot of weight in the past 4 years. One day I'll tell you all about it and show the photos.
I miss bread for the sandwiches and its satisfying chewiness. Now and again carnivore bread recipes turn up on the youtube vlogs I follow. I've found an easy one which turns out like a wrap and I can wrap it around some ham and cheese and maybe a slice of lettuce or tomato.
Lamington Balls
My dear kiwi family brought packets of this mix with them. I've made one lot. Chocolate balls with coconut in them and cashews.