Thread 21678140

>Greek yogurt
>Greek salad
>Tzatziki sauce
>Feta cheese
>Gyros
>Souvlaki
Greek food is genuinely the best.

>>21678140 (OP)
It's pretty good but Spanish is better.

>>21678152
Mr. Papadopoulos finna break your lithping bussy in half, Ethteban

>>21678152
>>21678157
both of your countries are perpetually broke, and climate change is going to wipe out your tourism industry

>>21678160
Yes 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.

>>21678166
Eggplant or no eggplant?

I also like Pastitsio.

>>21678168
With eggplant, I do enjoy eggplant. Love pastitsio too.

>>21678168
>>21678164
These look great btw. I would murder that spanakopita right now.

best thing about greek food is that it makes the turks seethe

>>21678186
Do they? I also like Turkish food a lot.

>>21678140 (OP)
Gyros 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.

>>21678201
Have 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.

>>21678140 (OP)
Greek desserts are severely underrated

>>21678195
Turks think Greek food is theirs even though the former stole the recipes from Byzantine kitchens

>>21678207
I had ekmek and a coffee from a Greek bakery. I don't even like sweets much and this was god tier.

>>21678212
In a similar vein, you should try bougatsa with a frappe, cigarette optional

>>21678223
>bougatsa
I like these, will need to try it with a frappe and ciggy.

>>21678140 (OP)
Love me a nice Greek platter. Somehow the fries are always good too even if they're frozen

>>21678209
turks cant even get their own economic and financial crisis without ripping off greece

>>21678209
But it's so different, also they don't make pork which is what Greeks do really good imo.

>>21678267
Sticking points are usually baklava and some meat dishes. But like I alluded to before, prototypical baklava existed in the Byzantine Empire

>>21678270
τα δικά σου;

>>21678274
Yep, 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.

>>21678314
Never

>>21678319
so fucking good

>>21678140 (OP)
>Greek food is genuinely the best.
I agree, nothing beats tzatziki but is it beef or pork or lamb?

>>21678335
Pork is the OG Gyro and the best tasting imo.

>>21678319
This 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!

>>21678343
Nice, 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.

>>21678289
I 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

>>21678358
Yay!
>>21678368
I 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.

>>21678368
Well 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.
>>21678371
Fuck I love stifado, might make some next week. Also arnaki sta karvuna is the best. Love going to Greece for Easter.

>>21678337
Easiest way to write off "Greek" restaurants here is if they don't offer pork gyros.

>>21678140 (OP)
Actually all those came from Israel

>>21678459
Yeah 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.

>>21678487
They don't have it because the restaurant is run by turks.

>>21678140 (OP)
Literally 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.

>>21678459
Just 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.

>>21678487
If 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 pork

Plus there's less change of getting a pita full of greasy arm hairs.

>>21678140 (OP)
>Greek salad
in 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 all
Correct, not the same, but if you want seasoned pork sliced from a meat tornado on flatbread with Mediterranean roots, that's your option.

>>21678140 (OP)
I'm really missing octopus stifado right now.

>>21679069
I could go for some bakaliarios skordalia (fried cod with garlic mashed potatoes). Simple but delicious.

I buy Greek food at DeMoulas

>>21678168
With eggplant.

EGGPLANT

>>21678168
I had a great pastitsio the other day. It was somehow quite light

>>21678140 (OP)
Greeks 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.

>>21679625
Went 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.

>>21679235
2 days left

>>21679625
they eat pita gyro when they dont eat at home which is every day because elleinides dont cook, spaghetti with mince is bolognese