Native edible wild greens. Italian bugloss.
Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Μουσκάτον. Mouskáton.
Greek name - description
Μοσχάτο.
A variety of grape which in common Greek is called mos/hato. There is also mos/hato wine called "krasin mouskaton". Mos/ hato is also used for melons and watermelons that are very tasty and sweet "piponin mouskaton", "pattiha mouskati" (Pharmakidou XP, 2003 p. 268)
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
19th - 21st c.
Bibliography
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Γλωσσάριον Ξενοφώντος Π. Φαρμακίδου, [Υλικά διά την σύνταξιν Ιστορικού Λεξικού της Κυπριακής Διαλέκτου, μέρος Β', έκδ. Θεοφανώς Δ. Κυπρή], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
Researcher/Recorder
Stalo Lazarou
Traditional Recipes
Wine
"We leave the wine in the barrel for forty days and then pour it again through the strainer into a wooden barrel or pot. It will stay there for another three months or so, at which point it's ready…