/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Beef patties and potatoes cooked in the oven

Lentil soup (φακες)

Pastichio (Παστίτσιο)

Soulwaky
Opaaaa!!!!

>>15110105
Ask and ye shall receive

>>15110137
Gyros of course as the best possible use of 2.5 euros.

>>15110151
based

I had sex with a gay nigger

Tomato sauce pot roast with spaghetti

Yuvarlakia (greek meatball soup in avgolemono soup)

For me? It’s souvlaki.

I wish I knew the names of all the stuff I eat here. Stuck in Athens ordering things off of efood but it's not the same as when restaurants were open.

Some Saganaki

>>15110068
does mayo even exist in Greece?

>>15110769
Calve and Hellmanns

>>15110168
>avgolemono soup
keep talking dirty to me

>>15110068
so much comfy food in here.

>>15110787
there's a few mayo based "salads" or spreads such as "Hungarian" as the OP mentioned which has Ham and Paprika, "Gardener" with shredded carrots and parsnip and "Russian" with cubed potatoes carrots and peas. You might see those seldomly in Greek tables, usually bought off the store rather than made fresh, or in fast food places. Mayo is also used in some classic cookbooks, though it's definitely not a big part of Greek food culture and is rarely made at home.

pic not related but one of my personal favourites

>>15110870
Make this. It lools stupid and doesn't sound nearly as good as it actually is. Its just meatballs, broth, herbs, lemon and eggs. Top notch.

>>15110739
Damn this anon really was stuck in Athens. How much longer now?

living in greece is comfy. many restaurants serve food just like it was cooked at home. however its very hard to get food besides greek. Theres indian and some chinese but its not very good. absolutely no ramen

>>15111033
Im stuck here because long story we came here for medical tourism/tourism and the medical stuff is taking months longer than I expected. We got a visa extension just in time to help "flatten the curve" so we are stuck here in Athens wandering around and eating. My budget is pretty high because I hired someone to manage my business back home and somehow it's busy because of coof19.

I rented an apartment and now I eat and walk around aimlessly for hours every day. It was better before the lockdown because I could just chill and meze with the wife when real restaurants were open, but now it's efood or cooking ourselves. Unfortunately our apartment only has rudimentary kitchen stuff so we can't just dive in and cook like back home. Greece is a solid 10/10 though. I'm going to buy a golden visa after this.

I am from Canada because you all wondered.

>>15111540
Ok chud

>>15110068
I think I'd be happy eating σπανάκι everyday of my life.

I'm making briam tonight
it's in the oven rn, will post a picture when it's done

albanian souflaqe suuperior

>>15111566

>>15111571
Briam: made

Holy shit bros, this is so good, and so simple to make

>>15110068
Hellenic American here. For me it’s spanakopita.

>>15112151
Even though Greece has very few dedicated vegans, we make some very fine vegetable dishes. They are called "ladera" (oily) because good olive oil is the most important part of their flavour and nutrition

Skyline Chili

>>15112248
Aren't Greek Orthodox essentially vegan for half the year due to the fasting rules?

it's common for nations of small numbers and virtue to try and compensate for their fear of insignificance.

Imagine only having so many different legos. You cant exceed your legos.

I like it, but I think all food that serves humus is greek which may not be true.

>>15110068
What are some essential Greek foods that I should try? No spanikopita or gyros, I want some real authentic Greek cuisine.

>>15112261
Greek Lent forbids meat and any animal products like milk and eggs. Also, bony fish with the exception of a few days. Crustaceans, cephalopods and molluscs are always allowed though.
It used to be that everyone would observe the lent religiously. Nowadays most people only observe the first day and the last week, to keep with tradition, or just don't observe it at all.
Of course recipes with vegetables are often made in fasting occasions, but they are nice to eat anytime the required vegetables are in season, with a piece of feta, some olives and a slice of bread.
>>15113602
May be hard to find or make, but grape leaves stuffed with rice and fresh herbs, made the night before with some lemon juice and chilled, are a must. I also love octopus, shrimps saganaki, tigania (bekri meze), revithada (chickpea stew) etc.
Otherwise, since I don't know what you're working with, Greek food is mostly about simple preparation, fresh ingredients and good olive oil, anything you can make in this context using common ingredients in Greece should work.

>>15110068
Ougareza is great indeed goes well with chicken
Best greek food is kokoretsi

>>15113718
>Greek food is mostly about simple preparation, fresh ingredients and good olive oil
That's my kind of food. I'm American so I know most of the shit I'm going to get here isn't anywhere close to authentic, but thank you for the suggestions.

>>15110870
You filthy whore

>>15111042
Why would you even want Indian "food"?

>>15111023
You forgot the rice, probably the best food grandma used to make

>>15113849
Sometimes you just want something different.

>>15113718

whats that red cheesy looking thing?

I've literally never had a good one

>>15113871
Plus saffron to make it god-tier

>>15110068

Yea we got those bad boys here in the states we call em "ham n cheese hot pockets"

My favorite is stuffed grape leaves. Omg I love them soooooo. Much

>>15115283
Store bought tarama (cod roe) paste.

>>15115283
Red? from the left I see fresh halva, stuffed grape leaves, gigantes beans, octopus, olives, tarama (cod roe paste) and lagana bread

>>15110093
Is that egg on top? Or some kind of bread

>>15115640
Bechamel sauce with bread crumbs on top