The Grill

#Greek #Cuisine #Salford #Quays A Greek Gyros – served up at Salford’s Mediacity UK You can get hungry, walking the labyrinth of paths located by my home town reminds me of a sunny coastal place by the med and on a patch of green there’s a familiar spot where holiday treats are served as meat …

Kleftiko

It takes time to cook as King of the greek menu lounging around in slow bath of tomatoes, onions and potatoes enveloping the smells and tastes of lemon fresh feta cheese and oregano traditionally made this way for years its slow cooked to let the meat fall off the bone, and infuse in all those …

Stifado

#Food #Greek #Dish #Beef #Cinnamon An acrostic, written in honour of a dish i enjoyed a lot of during my travels to the greek islands. Stifado Served up in a traditional greek pot Traditionally cooked up with beef, tomatoes and onions It’s usually served up with some sort of pasta Fresh bay leaves, cinnamon And …

Turtle

#Octpowrimo #Memories #Holiday #Turtle #turkey Soapstone turtle from oludeniz, turkey Travelling from quite a fair distance Up on my bedside cupboard, lives a soap stone turtle Regaled in fancy patterns, carved by the artisan Turns heads with newcomers who haven’t seen him Likes to hang about with others of his kind Except – while he …

Olive Green

#cyw #olivegreen #olive #green Olives : Created from Bing Stockart by Inky. Out in the summer sun Living it up on Grecian shores It’s like you were made, for the mezze Vine Leaves and Feta Cheese Even the tomatoes seem juicier when you’re around Gem of a fruit of the vine Roasted lamb seems to …

Eggplant

4th January 2020 Everyone our way knows it as an aubergine grilled and served up with grated cheese and tomato purple tinge to its black skin – never known once grilled leaping to life in any greek dish and lipsmackingly wonderful on a summers day note though – best served with oil and herbs tastes …