what kinds of foods do greeks eat?

Question

i need to know titles of greek foods such as homus

Answer 1

Hummous is not actually Greek (although many Greeks love it), it's actually a middle eastern dish.

The flaming cheese someone mentioned is called Saganaki. Use Kefalotiri cheese (a type of Greek goat cheese), wet it, dip in flour, fry in very hot oil, put on a plate, pour over a 1/2 shot of very good rum, flame it for a minute, and put the flame out by squeezing a lemon on it. Yum!

I just fixed tonight roasted chicken with potatoes. Use lot's of oregano (Greek oregano - it's different than the oregano you buy in the grocery store), garlic and lemon.

Pastichio is kind of like a Greek lasagna with a bechemel sauce on top.

Souvlaki - diced pork sprinkled with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano, and grilled. (This is the original way to eat gyros. The gyro meat we know in the states was invented here - they don't even have it in Greece.)

Dolmades - grape leaves stuffed with meat and rice (or just rice).

Tyropita - filo dough stuffed with a mixture of cheeses.

Spanakopita - filo dough spinach and cheese "pie."

I could go on and on ... email me if you want specific recipes.

Answer 2

ROAST LAMB - Lamb prepared in the traditional Greek way with garlic and oregano.
MOUSSAKA - - A baked delicacy prepared with sliced eggplant, lean ground beef, onions, tomatoes, butter, eggs, milk, cheese and seasonings. The national dish of Greece.
ROAST CHICKEN - - Greek style, with garlic and oregano.
GYRO - Thin slices of barbecued meat specially seasoned with herbs and spices, served with tomatoes and onions on pita bread, and topped with tzadziki. Best off of a rotisserie.
PASTITSIO - A Greek "lasagna" combining macaroni, ground meat, cheese and covered with béchamel sauce.
GREEK SALAD - A tomato and cucumber salad seasoned with onion, olive oil, vinegar, fete cheese and oregano. Traditionally, no lettuce in a Greek Salad!
PILAFI - Fluffy rice simmered in butter, spices and rich chicken stock. Perfect with all dinner dishes

Answer 3

Hummus is not a Greek dish, it is Lebanese. Even the name is an Arabic one.

Here is an archive of recipes from Greece, and the Greek islands :

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greek-recipe/

Answer 4

homus is not greek, it is arab. Shiftalia, Kleftiko, Soupa are few to name!

Answer 5

Moussaka, spanakopita,

Answer 6

here is a link to great greek recipes. hope you like em.


http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/browse/results?type=browse&att=12

Answer 7

the flaming cheese

Answer 8

gyros and lots of rice