>Greek yogurt >Greek salad>Tzatziki sauce>Feta cheese>Gyros>SouvlakiGreek food is genuinely the best.
>>21678140It's pretty good but Spanish is better.
>>21678152Mr. Papadopoulos finna break your lithping bussy in half, Ethteban
>>21678152>>21678157both of your countries are perpetually broke, and climate change is going to wipe out your tourism industry
>>21678160Yes and I am proud of it, I don't need your fake goy pretend money when I have my health and loved ones.
It's my favorite cuisine. Nothing beats a Pork Gyro .
>>21678164>Nothing beats a Pork Gyro .For me, it's the moussaka.
>>21678166Eggplant or no eggplant? I also like Pastitsio.
>>21678168With eggplant, I do enjoy eggplant. Love pastitsio too.
>>21678168>>21678164These look great btw. I would murder that spanakopita right now.
>>21678174
best thing about greek food is that it makes the turks seethe
>>21678186Do they? I also like Turkish food a lot.
>>21678140Gyros are the best because they have delicious tzatziki sauce on them and none of that bullshit turks and arabs put on theirs like tomato sauce shit or that condensed milk garbage.
>>21678201Have you tried it with tiro? Tirosalata is feta with yogurt and hot peppers chopped up finely, it goes so well on gyro (pork).
>>21678201>tomato sauce shit or that condensed milk garbage.Curious what this is called. I've eaten shawarma/donair wraps, never seen anything besides garlic sauce, tzatziki, hummus and hot sauce offered.
>>21678140Greek desserts are severely underrated
>>21678195Turks think Greek food is theirs even though the former stole the recipes from Byzantine kitchens
>>21678207I had ekmek and a coffee from a Greek bakery. I don't even like sweets much and this was god tier.
>>21678212In a similar vein, you should try bougatsa with a frappe, cigarette optional
>>21678223>bougatsaI like these, will need to try it with a frappe and ciggy.
>>21678140Love me a nice Greek platter. Somehow the fries are always good too even if they're frozen
>>21678209turks cant even get their own economic and financial crisis without ripping off greece
>>21678209But it's so different, also they don't make pork which is what Greeks do really good imo.
>>21678207
>>21678267Sticking points are usually baklava and some meat dishes. But like I alluded to before, prototypical baklava existed in the Byzantine Empire
>>21678270τα δικά σου;
>>21678274Yep, Petritzidis sindagi lol. But with half the sugar and without the syrup (brushed them with butter and little bit of honey instead). Had to buy inferior phyllo because they were out of the good brand but they were delicious.
You can't forget my fucking dog spanakopita.
>>21678314Never
>>21678319so fucking good
>>21678140>Greek food is genuinely the best.I agree, nothing beats tzatziki but is it beef or pork or lamb?
>>21678335Pork is the OG Gyro and the best tasting imo.
>>21678319This looks amazing.About 20 years ago, I saw the greek equivalent of a "nonna" a "yiayia" giving a small cooking class at the Greek Festival in Miami (St. Sophias). She was discussing her recipe and method for making the spanokopita. She was utterly cute, and a younger person narrated her advice as she made a pan of it to demonstrate, and what blew my mind was that she had about 12 herbs in there. And she didn't know what they were called, she had them in pots since the old country when she emigrated. When I tried a piece, zomg, you need to seek out marjoram, chervil, and lemon balm or whatever else she is tucking in there. It was amazing!
>>21678343Nice, I also put marjoram, parsley and maybe a little dill, some spring onion, salt and black pep. That's how my yaya taught me. Maybe next time I'll try with chervil and lemon balm.
>>21678289I have to give it a try, they look great. I tend to pull back on the sugar too. I made galatopita a few months back. I was very happy that I made the custard from scratch, quite satisfying
>>21678335>is it beef or pork or lamb?Depends on what you're doing. Pork gyro is best but lamb on the spit on Easter. Beef stifado is great too
>>21678358Yay!>>21678368I had galactoboureka in a bakery in Bethlehem, in '96. I literally walked across the street with a photographer from my tour just to avoid yet another gift shop stop with the group, lol, and their version of Galactoboureka had just come out of the oven. The soaking liquid had cadamom, and I've never forgotten the flavor.
>>21678368Well I can't get them here in Bulgaria at least In my city, yes making them yourself is satisfying and you can control the recipe, it called for 300gr of sugar but that seemed too much so I put 150gr. They are not that difficult to make.>>21678371Fuck I love stifado, might make some next week. Also arnaki sta karvuna is the best. Love going to Greece for Easter.
>>21678337Easiest way to write off "Greek" restaurants here is if they don't offer pork gyros.
>>21678140Actually all those came from Israel
>>21678459Yeah I though that was weird when I found that out. I don't get why they don't have it, if you don't want it just don't buy it, a lot of people eat pork. Muslims can get beef or just go eat your shawarma or whatever.
>>21678487They don't have it because the restaurant is run by turks.
>>21678140Literally got picrel after this thread inspired my hunger. The portion size is huge, enough for 2, Im about 2/3rds of the way through it.
>>21678459Just live in a pork country. Here in Germany i've never seen gyros being anything else than pork. If you don't eat pork you have to get a döner where you can usually chose between veal or chicken. Rarely lamb.
>>21678459>>21678487>>21678498>the restaurant is run by turks.This. You'd be surprised how many "Greeks" in the so-called diaspora are really turks. Their counter argument is usually that Americans consider beef or "lamb" a superior meat, but there would be nothing stopping them from offering an alternative "beef gyros", just like how some sandwich shops offer a "chicken cheesesteak". ("Lamb" in quotes because you get a beef-lamb blend at best.) These families have literally pledged allegiance to Istanbul instead of Athens.
>>21678487If you want real (pork) gyros in USA you're better off going to the Mexicans to get tacos al pastor.>The Levantine version of doner, called shawarma, was brought to Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by a wave of Lebanese immigrants, mainly Christians who have no religious dietary restrictions on eating porkPlus there's less change of getting a pita full of greasy arm hairs.
>>21678140>Greek saladin many Slavic countries this dish is known as Shop salad, with Shops being a name for Eastern Serbs.
>>21678721>If you want real (pork) gyros in USA you're better off going to the Mexicans to get tacos al pastor.no the same at all
>>21678812>no the same at allCorrect, not the same, but if you want seasoned pork sliced from a meat tornado on flatbread with Mediterranean roots, that's your option.
>>21678140I'm really missing octopus stifado right now.
>>21679069I could go for some bakaliarios skordalia (fried cod with garlic mashed potatoes). Simple but delicious.
I buy Greek food at DeMoulas
>>21678168With eggplant.
EGGPLANT
>>21678168I had a great pastitsio the other day. It was somehow quite light
>>21678140Greeks don't eat souvlakis every day. They eat spagetti with mince as a staple. I've also seen them eat small squids with onions which is ok, but not quintessentially greek.I'm half greek and I think greek food is a little weak apart from souvlaki which is the pinnacle of global cuisine. You ever have yemista? It's a greek food that looks better than it tastes.It's roasted vegetables stuffed with rice and other vegetables. It's meant to sound good, but it's too... I don't want to say minty, but I remember it as minty
Also "Horta"That stuff is so bad, but greeks love that shit. It's edible greens that grow outside your house and it's like eating wet cardboard. I'll never understand why they eat that.
>>21679625Went to a Greek Restaurant for Lunch on Christmas day once, I had the Kleftiko, I liked it.Different from the roast lamb with gravy style dinner.
>>216792352 days left
>>21679625they eat pita gyro when they dont eat at home which is every day because elleinides dont cook, spaghetti with mince is bolognese
>>21678140That looks damn good, too bad there's no Greek places near me
I moved to a shithole MCOL suburb in the South and all the "Greek" food around here is dogwater.
>>21679628Yeah my mom and dad eat that shit and I don't get it. It's sucks no matter what you put or do with it.
Just posting to note my shock at this thread for it being a serene discussion of Greek food and not the usual /pol/ shitfestKinda restoring my respect for you /c/oo/k/s
There's this small restaurant I go to when I'm in Thessaloniki that does spachcocked grilled chicken on the coals and they make this insanely good sauce which they smother the chicken while it's spit roasted and then they put some sauce in the plate when served. It's a combination of olive oil, kefalotiri (it's a hard sheep cheese like parmeggiano), mustard and herbs. It's probably the tastiest chicken I've ever eaten. I haven't been to that place in 2-3 years. Last time I went it wasn't very busy, hope they didn't close.
>>21678319ooooooo my god its beautiful
>>21678152Spanish food is bland and boring
>>21680409This is how it looks like, also I forgot there's lemon in the sauce of course. If any Greek here knows what recipe and style of cooking I'm talking about feel free to chime in. I think I found it, it's called The Famous Rooster, it's in Evosmos Thessaloniki. If anyone goes there check that place out you wont be disappointed.
>>21680428https://biscotto.gr/best-of-thessaloniki-life-guide-the-famous-rooster/
>>21680428>>21680431Fuck I want it now lol. This is how they make it. And the sauce is incredible.
>>21680421Thanks bro, it's my granny's recipe :) I usually make half spanakopita half tiropita.
>>21680442oh so your grandmas recipe mentioned kanakis ready made phyllo dough?
>>21680453Nah I'm in Bulgaria, I buy the local brands. Most common brand is picrel but they have others that are better. Sometimes I go to this butcher shop out of the city and the shop next door has homemade ones - those are the best. They put finely ground semolina between the sheets so they don't still but that also ads a nice texture to the final product. I think this>>21678319 was made with them. While this>>21678164 was made with the generic ones which is also very good.
>>21680458>so they don't stillso they don't STICK* together
>>21680458they also add seed oil spray between the sheets
>>21680598Unfortunately yes :(
>>21678239What's that cheese?
>>21680659Probably feta, it's nasty.
>>21680662No it's not.
>>21678140all Mediterranean cuisines are god tier
>>21680952ya
My Greek granny is coming to visit tomorrow. Can't wait.
>>21678140For daily foods I'm most grateful for their dairy contributions as filtered through the American market. Feta is amazing and it's unique among the cheese offerings at a common American grocery store. And..... if it took the "greek yogurt" meme to finally make plain, sour, naturally fermented, probiotic yogurt available on American shelves, instead of the sweetened Dannon fruit shit I grew up with, then fine, Greece, you win this game.>81 replies>no mention of avgolemeno soupAvgolemeno, the superior European equivalent of Chinese eggdrop soup. (But if you value your sanity, please don't read the ((Wikipedia)) article which claims the Greeks actually stole this dish from jews, despite acknowledging similar soups throughout the Mediterranean region.)
>>21681357Avgolemono is so good. My mom even makes Wedding soup into an avgolemono soup.
>>21680952My favorite is Israeli humus and falafel
>>21681688Back to the oven Kike
>>21680393Efxaristo poli
>>21681349Her name is either >Maria>Panagiota >Efthymia>Vasiliki
>>21678140>Greek food is genuinely the best.>>>what is the deal with greek grandmas cooking meals so amazing that they seem to have metaphysical gastronomical powers?!
>>21678140I agree 100% anon. I need to start trying to cook some Greek recipes now that I think about it. Well I guess here goes nothing.
>>21682326what will you be cooking?
Rizogalo is very yummy, had some the other day
>>21682220It's Kaliopi
>>21682345That's a nice name. Greek names are nice.
>>21682350:)
>>21682335I don't know yet. I believe in traditional cooking practices so I posted a Craigslist ad, looking for older, experienced men who specialize in Greek to tutor a hungry young boy. I've got about 200 responses so far, so I expect that my insides will be quite full by the end of the week!
>>21678140had greek for the first time a few months ago. pretty good but it's just one of those lesser known chain restaurants rather than something actually local.
>>21682458Follow that rule>>21678459and you will have a great Greek meal.
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>>21682460Checking right now, everything in my area serving Greek does not have any pork gyros.
>>21682686If they don't serve pork in general, I should have clarified
>>21678164Nothing says fuck you to Muslims like med food with pork
>>21678459Greeks are sort of like the japanese in that their diaspora often has better things to do these days than run restaurants. The difference is that the immigrants running japanese restaurants usually arent opposed to a key ingredient. I've heard euros complain that it can be hard to find pizza places that use pork sausage because so many are run by Muslims.
>>21678162Beautiful
>>21678162Remember when this shit was the biggest problem in europe?
>>21682805bullshit.......that sounds like something pistolas bogdanos hatziefraimidis vizitipoulou etc would come up with lets dispell some myths 1) first and foremost greek new york, long island etc diaspora opened their businesses in jewish neighbourhoods which were practically mild ghettos, they had to adopt kosher dietary preferences otherwise they d run out of business hence why lamb became a thing 2)Gyros with chunks of meat wasn't a thing until juntas practices forced psistaries to switch to pork due to spoiled diseased argentinian beef contaminating the meat markets (hint trump millei is doing the same thing as we speak) , until then only what we call doner kebab was available i.e ground beef pork was only sold as skewered meat what we call souvlaki vide rel this old greek film where you can see the thing on the revolving skewer is ground beef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sr564evPtY
>>21680334Which metro area?
