tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post6903036034282138887..comments2024-02-28T08:49:26.228+00:00Comments on 'Feasts and Festivals': March 25th: Greek Independence Day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-76169241747902410882012-03-30T18:09:24.155+01:002012-03-30T18:09:24.155+01:00Yes I have made strudel - I love it and you can bu...Yes I have made strudel - I love it and you can buy filo and strudel paste here quite easily, but I've never been brave enough to make the pastry myself. What do they say ? It should be thin enough to read your love letters through it? Maybe it's time to try - I'd have a problem trying to find a recent love letter though....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-33687373523796648602012-03-30T16:31:15.493+01:002012-03-30T16:31:15.493+01:00Dealing with long coils of flaky pastry makes me t...Dealing with long coils of flaky pastry makes me think of another pastry that I have longed to conquer but not yet tried: strudel. Every time I have seen these gorgeous sheets of dough rolled and stretched on some cooking show here in the states, I want to stop what I'm doing and try it myself. Out of curiosity, Liz, have you tried your hand at that yet? <br /><br />Just call me hopelessly addicted to all things floury and baked!! (Or steamed, or grilled, fried, boiled, etc. etc.)Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443994462169750739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-37537775120364228672012-03-29T21:51:03.483+01:002012-03-29T21:51:03.483+01:00It all sounds delicious. I can see being there and...It all sounds delicious. I can see being there and eating the food in its homeland beats having it in a cafe here. :-)Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-64235524184775984042012-03-28T15:21:29.176+01:002012-03-28T15:21:29.176+01:00Thank you Christine - one of my favourites....xThank you Christine - one of my favourites....xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-72979203468823699192012-03-28T15:10:09.806+01:002012-03-28T15:10:09.806+01:00William Wordsworth
Complete Poetical Works
"...William Wordsworth<br />Complete Poetical Works<br /><br />"THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON" <br /><br />THE world is too much with us; late and soon, <br />Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: <br />Little we see in Nature that is ours; <br />We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! <br />The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; <br />The winds that will be howling at all hours, <br />And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; <br />For this, for everything, we are out of tune; <br />It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be <br />A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; <br />So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, <br />Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; <br />Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; <br />Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.Christine Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229816325785606031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-76637830097796624982012-03-27T19:20:02.744+01:002012-03-27T19:20:02.744+01:00Oh, thanks for the info "teaser" about A...Oh, thanks for the info "teaser" about Albania and the book tip. I will be on the lookout.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443994462169750739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-29459321618786839372012-03-26T14:45:34.013+01:002012-03-26T14:45:34.013+01:00Mary- Beth
I had two wonderful weeks in Albania in...Mary- Beth<br />I had two wonderful weeks in Albania in the 80s, and the food is indelibly fixed in my mind - especially a yoghurt and walnut soup called tarator eaten in Gjirokastër and a picnic near Butrint...I will try and find a suitable occasion! Leslie Chamberlain's book 'The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe ' is a good source of recipes...I must say too that the people we met were overwhelmingly kind and hospitable and the scenery and old towns were spectacular...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045660787350825648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-16625435661336185592012-03-26T13:18:59.890+01:002012-03-26T13:18:59.890+01:00Liz, I love hearing about your travels- so evocati...Liz, I love hearing about your travels- so evocative! Ever think about writing a memoir of those times? I am also interested in hearing more about Albania. My sweet mother-in-law was Albanian- her family members were Albanian expats living in an Albanian community in Italy. They had preserved their language and customs, although with an Italian flavor as well. "Nonni's" conversation was peppered with Albanian words and phrases. She was not a cook, and as such did not have recipes to share with me, but did talk about some of the foods they ate. There is a lack of information online still about Albania, although it is improving. So, I'd love it if you would put that idea in your queue of blogtopics!Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443994462169750739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-67172389398098248892012-03-25T15:26:39.230+01:002012-03-25T15:26:39.230+01:00super post...lets hope that the Greeks can make it...super post...lets hope that the Greeks can make it as we need their history and of course ...their food.!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559862206054673677.post-31868528886988124872012-03-25T09:30:59.471+01:002012-03-25T09:30:59.471+01:00Baklava is one of my very favourite things in the ...Baklava is one of my very favourite things in the world. And I agree completely about eastern Mediterranean food. If I had to eat only one sort of cuisine for the rest of my life (heaven forbid!), that's what I'd choose.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947813616174735692noreply@blogger.com