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Freshwater crabs that used to live in rivers and small ponds.
Name - Origin
Καβούρια.
They were barbecued on the charcoal.
Functional and symbolic role
The children in Politiko village used to collect crabs from the river of the village and barbecue them on charcoal. Testimony of Xenophon Lazarou Recording: 15.12.2010, Stalo Lazarou
The inhabitants of Kythrea village would skillfully collect the crabs from Kefalovryso, the village's river, and barbecue them on the charcoal. They would eat them with salt and lemon. Small crabs were fried in batter and eaten with lemon (Petasi G, 1992, p. 258).
The inhabitants of the village of Kythrea, on the eve of the of Saint Chrysostomos, would collect crabs from the river and eat them on the day of the Saviour (Petasi G, 1992, p. 258).
Additional information and bibliography
Petasi G (1992) Η κωμόπολη της Κυθρέας. Steliou Lyvadioti printing, Nicosia.
Stalo Lazarou, Demetra Dimitriou