A dish with cheese.
Name - Origin
A dish with cheese
Myttoti' are a kind of mash or salad, made by mixing cheese, honey, 'antiskórodon' and other ingredients.
Additional information and bibliography
Myttoti are mentioned by Theophrastus (4th-3rd c. BC) in his work 'Περί φυτών ιστορίαι' (Enquiry into Plants).
'And in size there is an excellent species, especially the socalled Cypriot garlic, which is not roasted but is used in the cheese, honey and garlic salads and in kneading it takes on an exquisite bulging volume'. Theophrastus, 'Περί φυτών ιστορίαι' (Enquiry into Plants) 7.4.11 (Translation: Hadjioannou 1975, 369).
Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum 7.4.11 in: Hort, A. translation (1980) Theophrastus-Enquiry into Plants, Loeb Classical Library vol.2, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 90-91
Hadjioannou, K. (1975) Η Αρχαία Κύπρος εις τας Ελληνικάς Πηγάς, vol. B' Nicosia: Holy Archbishopric of Cypruspublications, 368-369
Natassa Charalambous
Foods
Antiskorodon or Kyprion
A variety of leek (or garlic) which is found in ancient written sources under the geographical name ‘Kyprion'.
Foods
Meli - honey
Honey was used as a sweetener in areas where the availability of haroupomelo (carob syrup) and espima (grape syrup) was limited.
Foods
Tyrin akathkiotiko - cheese from Akanthou
Shepherds used to place branches of louvithkia (xistarka) in the milk strainer as its leaves had a sticky juice with a very delicate smell.