Meat, Meat. Lots of Meat

 A Winter's Bbq..Thursday last

Tsiknopempti. Smokey Thursday.

Round 1.........

One of the most important days of the Greek carnival season. It's the 2nd to last Thursday before Lent. The tradition is to eat mounds of lamb chops, grilled or roasted, pork pancetta, sausage and chicken pieces. 

With Greek salad, Pitta bread and bowls of tzatziki.  And litres of wine, fine and not-so fine.

After the food and wine there may be singing and dancing.

Our Chief Bbq-er 

Me and Jan enjoying the finer wine

Beside a roaring fire

It was a freezing day. Around 7oC

Far too cold for greek island dwellers

K with a wee dram of the 'other' wine

This is 'meat eating week'.

 Next week it will be cheese, dairy and eggs. And then along comes the 6 week fast.

Round 2

In the evening family, a couple of grandchildren, came for more meat. Lots of meat. Far too much. 

They took home a baking dish piled high. We are still finishing off our share. 

It's the tradition says the traditional part of the family. 

And granddaughter Luli made a big dish of what the Greeks call 'mosaiko', chocolate and crushed biscuits.

Boy was it good. I ate a big piece. And I shouldn't have. Especially after all that meat

Meanwhile back in Athens... 

The rest of the grandchildren were grilling out on their balcony

Tall grandson is the one in the middle