A type of sweet with raisins.
Name - Origin
A type of sweet with raisins. In villages with wine and zivania production, during the distillation of zivania, a quantity of fine quality raisins were inserted into a cloth bag and placed next to the water vapour; the raisins would gain sufficient moisture and would ‘turn' into grapes. Their taste was similar to grapes (Pharmakidou, 2003 pp.94-95).
The word derives from ραξ-rax (ραγ-rag) and the suffix -oullos, which indicates magnification. The suffix - oullos was also used for other foods such as bread and wine (e.g. "she kneaded some large psoumoullous (psoumi=bread)", "if he/she decides to drink krasoullo (krasi=wine), he/she needs a whole skin" (Pharmakidou, 2003 pp. 94-95).
Additional information and 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.
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…