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Flour has always been the basic raw material for the preparation of various doughs, most notably for bread.
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Savoury pitta of Clean Monday, made of flour, salt and water. In the evening, a piece of the pitta was placed under the headrest of the young girls who were hoping to dream of their future husbands.
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An Easter bread. After kneading kouloures (bread) and flaoúnes, women would use a piece of the same dough to form small cases in the shape of a salt cellar, in which they would place one or two eggs…
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Christmas bread. Genopitta was round shaped, slightly larger than bread and decorated with small leaves, small crosses, etc.
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"... cut a piece of the dough, roll it over the sesame seeds which you have placed on a towel and give it an oblong shape. Create Easter dolls, bags (baskets), the sarakosti (Lent) figure and…
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Very small buns made to be thrown to the bride and groom at the wedding ceremony during the 'dance of Isaiah'.
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Square-shaped sweet rusks.
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Miliá (apple tree) mé pouliá (birds) apó zymári (dough). A symbolic game that was played during the wedding festivities, associated with both kneading and fortune telling.
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“…place it in a paneri (basket) which contains sesame and aniseed until it is coated all over. Place it back on the board and give it its final round shape. Finally, use a knife to score the…
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In the old days the sourdough was kneaded in the wooden basin and kept in a special pot, which contained flour.
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Traditional Christmas baking includes “hristópsomo”, “gennópita” and “koulloúri” in various shapes and with different names
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A type of sesame Christmas bun, in the shape of a small frog.