A drink made in the wine villages of Limassol by boiling wine and peppers.
Name - Origin
A drink made in the wine villages of Limassol by boiling wine and peppers (Pharmakidou XP 2003, p. 255
ETYM. < Turkish kaymak (Babiniotis 2005, entry καϊμάκι,το, 806; Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Καϊμάκι, 48)
They would boil wine with peppers during the harsh winter time. (Pharmakidou XP 2003, p. 255)
Functional and symbolic role
They would boil wine with peppers during the harsh winter time. They would drink this hot wine to withstand the cold. (Pharmakidou XP 2003, p. 255)
Additional information and bibliography
It was consumed only by the elderly (Pharmakidou XP 2003, p. 255).
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Glossary of Xenophon P. Pharmakidou, (Materials for the compilation of the Historical Dictionary of the Cypriot Dialect, part B', ed. Theophanos D. Kypri), Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
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