Summer revisited
Now Autumn is well and truly here it is good to
recall our brief taste of the Mediterranean this year during our visit to Kos .
We enjoyed the unique history, the open air swimming and the food!
It’s a particular joy to broaden our child’s
tastes with the flavours she experienced.
Of course she enjoyed the sweet treats like ice cream (banana flavour
was her favour) jelly (kept cool over a tray of ice cubes) and dream topping
sprinkled with hundreds and thousands – far too sweet for adult tastes! But she also loved the local water melon,
returning for more slices of its delicate pink flesh, the slightly sweet
juiciness so refreshing, at breakfast or after the evening meal.
The plentiful tomatoes, so fresh and fragrant,
were also a favourite at breakfast. Their
sweet juiciness contrasted well with the savoury of feta cheese and the hard
boiled eggs, which were served in a tray of catering salt so that they looked
like pebbles on the beach.
Currently she is only a fan of the tenderest
meat (gaps in teeth make this understandable) but she liked the flavour of the
local Kebabs, souvlaki available in chicken pork or lamb (lamb was our
favourite).
We visited the Agora (covered market) in Kos town and bought some souvlaki mix
to take home, as well as some firm figs we could wash under their tap and
sample straight away.
As always, it was wonderful to see the
abundance of crops such as aubergine, grapes, lemons and figs ripening in the
August sunshine – culinary inspiration in itself. And the olive, lemon and fig trees are a
marvel to us after the wet indifferent British summer!
We aim to keep the essence of the cuisine going
at home, even if it is only in small things such as the use of good olive
oil. We often have a tomato side salad
and bowl of olives to accompany cold meats and cheeses, or honey and Greek
yoghurt as a sunny (and healthy) dessert to remind us of Kos .
Now that pomegranates are in season it’s good to serve these mixed with
Greek yoghurt too.
Food From Many Greek
Kitchens by Tessa
Kiros is a book lush with photographs of Greek cuisine and contains many traditional
recipes such as baked butter beans which is a good reference for further
exploration of this tasty and healthy cuisine…
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