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The hare meat is boiled and then soaked in vinegar to preserve it.
Name - Recipe
Λαγός ξιδάτος
1 hare chopped into large pieces
Vinegar
Water
Salt
In a pot, boil the hare with a little water for a short time. Then drain it, salt it and put it in the vinegar. If your vinegar is too strong then add a little water. ("Kyperounda", see Kourri and Lazarou 2007)
Boiling.
Preserving in vinegar.
Additional information and bibliography
Oral testimony: see Kourri, P. and Lazarou, S. (eds.) (2007). Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data.
Stalo Lazarou
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