Greek cuisine

I've got it down a little bit better now.

We do like to add recipes to this podcast notes, right? And we'll add our Greek quinoa with how to cool it properly, how long to eat it, not after six days.

Chicken parmesan.

Sorry, I wanted to add one thing with the whole chicken thing.

So what's missing for me now? Now I came back to the previous question.

A Greek restaurant.

A

restaurant.

Yeah.

Greek.

It's all Greek food.

What's that sliced meat? We just told you it was a whole Greek thing, and then you said, what kind of food did they bring?

No, but like what?

So now maybe Shelly's getting his first chance to get his eyes on it.

I

know, but he's got all the great Greek food.

Did Hondo

David, what is Athens famous for?

Athens is famous for ancient history, famous ruins, hills, old neighborhoods, and Greek food.

Ancient means very old and from a long time ago.

Ruins are old parts of buildings that are still standing after many years.

Serve hot.

Twenty-three: Greek stuffed eggplant.

Parboil the eggplant and cut in half.

Scrape out some of the inside and chop some cooked lamb, two green peppers, one onion, and two tomatoes.

Season and mix together.

Pour over some vinaigrette sauce and sprinkle with chopped gherkins.

Twenty-three: Greek cucumbers.

Peel large cucumbers, cut off the ends, scoop out the seeds.

We lost that when we sold our restaurant.

But the one I really like here is the Greek lasagna.

and I kind of add a few things to it.

But the Greek is just, it's a light butter herb type of sauce.

It's not real heavy.

The baked ziti is our number one seller, and it's really good.

But still an inspiration to me every day.

I think about her all the time.

So I would put that at the table as well.

And then I would add from the Greek Jewish tradition and Greek tradition more generally, there's a wonderful dish called bucatza.

Have you guys ever had it?

It's familiar, but I'm not placing it.

Like so many good Greek dishes.

dishes it's made with phyllo like it's a phyllo pie and there's this like milky sweet vanilla flecked custard on the inside slice of that and i feel like it's very noodle kugel adjacent it's got a similar like flavor profile of the like you know the creamy custardy thing going on so i would definitely serve that sounds

good

So I made John his favorite dish, which is fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp.

Now, this past Saturday, I attended the Greek Festival here in Jackson at the Holy Trinity St. John the Theologian Orthodox Christian Church.

That's on Pear Orchard Road and Old Canton Road.

And I had a blast.

There was pastries, which, Carol, you were gifted with.

Pastries from the festival.

I ran into some of my favorite Greek restauranteurs.

Jerry Contouris was there, formerly of Mayflower, overseeing the kitchen.

Exactly.

Then they feature a segment on U.S. open style crab cakes and another on how to taste the Mediterranean with these two flavorful Greek dishes.

OK, so just consider the sensory experience of those specific items.

Walk me through it.

Yes.

A honey deuce is a cold, refreshing cocktail, inherently associated with a summer sporting event.

The bright, ascetic flavors of Greek cuisine evoke sunshine and coastal travel.

Every single one of these recipes demands that the consumer imagine themselves outdoors, in the heat, in the state of totally unstructured leisure.