Omelette with charlocks (wild mustard greens)
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"We were able to make this recipe only in the winter, since the main ingredient of the recipe, the lapsanes (charlocks), only grow during this season." (Tasoula Hadjilambi, Komi Kepir Kyrenia)
Name - Recipe
Βρούβες με τα αυγά. Charlocks (wild mustard greens) with eggs.
3 bunches of lapsanes
2-3 eggs
1 tsp salt
1/5 glass of peanut oil
Clean the lapsanes and cut them in pieces of 2-3cm. In a pan, pour the peanut oil and when warm, add the lapsanes and salt. After they are cooked, add the eggs and leave for a few minutes until the eggs are cooked as well and then the dish is ready. (Tasoula Hadjilambi, 60 years old from Komi Kepir, Kyrenia)
Frying.
Additional information and bibliography
Extract from an interview with Ms Tasoula Hadjilampi: "We were able to make this recipe only in winter, since the main ingredient of the recipe, the lapsanes grow only in this season.
Question: Where did you learn it from? Answer: From my mother, Andriana Hatzilambi.
Question: Is it a local recipe? Where do they make it? Answer: No, it is not a local recipe.
Question: How often do you make it now? Answer: Two to three times a year, specifically during the winter.
Question: How often did you make it previously? Answer. When we lived in the village (Komi Kepir), we made it two to three times a month. Now our eating habits have changed a lot, as we are now moving more towards meat-based dishes and have largely forgotten these traditional recipes."
Oral testimony: Tasoula Hadjilambi, 60 years old from Komi Kepir, Kyrenia. Recording: Christiana Christofi, October 2010. Edited by Stalo Lazarou.
Christiana Christofi, Stalo Lazarou
Λαψάνες. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
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