A type of soup with water and pieces of bread, a similar preparation to psoumosouppa.
Name - Origin
A type of soup with water and pieces of bread, a similar preparation to psoumosouppa
They would cut bread into small pieces, which they would fry in olive oil. Then, they would boil them in epsima-grape syrup or carob syrup (Pharmakidou, 2003 p. 347). Mrs. Marina Kattou, from Vouni Limassol, says that they would eat them without boiling them in honey: ‘we would use freshly made bread and fry it in olive oil. If the bread was hard, we would first dip it in water. We would remove the bread pieces from the oil and eat them’.
Functional and symbolic role
They were consumed for breakfast as a type of soup (Pharmakidou, 2003 p. 347)
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.
Ora testimony: Marina Kattou, 65 years old from Vouni Cyprus (recording Zenovia Charalambus, editor Stalo Lazarou).
Stalo Lazarou
Foods
Souppopsouma
A type of soup. The name of the soup comes from the ingredients used i.e. psoumi (bread) and soup.