greece weddings?

Question

what sort of foods do they eat at greek weddings is there a tradition to it?

Answer 1

Well I've only been to weddings in Crete so I can only give you information about Crete.
Every wedding in Crete is traditional.Even if you have it in the most luxurious hotel the wedding and the food that will be served is always the same.
You begin at the church where you give out bombonieres,that is a small gift that comes with a small bag that contains sugared almonds.There are a lot of stores where you can get them and the present of the bomboniera is entirely up to you and your taste and of course it depends on how much you want to spend.It usually is something small,a decorative for your house(like a small picture frame or a candle holder or something like that).
Then you arrive at the place where the wedding celebrations will take place.The place is always modified,you have long lines of tables were big parties of 10-12 or even more are sitted at the same table.They usually begin with apetizers like soutsoukakia(small rolls of minced meat),ntolmadakia(rolls of wine leaves containing rice),turopitakia(cheese pies) and more(always depending on the money they have spent,more money means more food).Then is the time for the gamopilafo or lapa as we call it.That is rice which has been cooked in the broth that we got from cooking lamb or goat.It is very tasty,lol(that's the only reason I like going to weddings,lol).Then comes the meat,which is the lamb or goat we got the broth from,and we are talking about big quanitites of meat here,lmao.Usually you have also some kind of psito,that is also lamb or goat but prepared in the oven with potatoes.
Last come the sweets.In the last few years it has become tradition to have cake at the wedding like they do in other european countries,so you get cake.But you also get some traditional sweets,like kserotigana(that's a kind of pie which isn't cooked in the oven but fried in a pan).Also a lot of the times you get fruit at the end of the dinner,depending on the time of the year(aplles,oranges during the winter,watermelon,melon,peaches,grapes etc during the summer)
As far as the drinks go,there is always wine at the table and they keep bringing more during the night.There are also always big bottles of water.Depending if they are paying more there could also be a few soft drinks on the table(usually cokes).After dinner they usually come with raki(a really strong drink served in shot glasses,they usually make it themselves).Most of the times you also get a bottle of whiskey after dinner(for the whiskey and the wine you kind of calculate one bottle per 4 persons).
That's about it,hoped I helped,I do remind you,this is what happens when cretans marry,I don't know the food traditions concerning weddings in other areas in Greece.

Answer 2

Usually they eat what you would normally expect in any reception. However, in some places there are local traditions, like lamb in mainland Greece, a particular type of rice in Crete ("gamopilafo"), certain sweets, etc.

Answer 3

It depends on what ceremony you will choose.If it is the traditional one(which is in extinction nowdays)or an elegant one in a big hotel with ''haute cuisine menu''or buffet..(as they usually do).
In the traditionals there are also many sweets.In Rhodes for example, they give melekuni, or pasteli, a kind of sweet with sesam and honey, when they do the invitation, and at the end of the wedding at the church.
In Crete gamopilafo, or they give ''kulura''instead of bomboniera,a kind of bread traditional one..

Answer 4

through out Greece there are different traditions depending on what part of Greece you come from.read the sites below for more information and greetings from Greece
http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/greekfood/greekfood7.html
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/ancientweddings3.html
http://www.thinkwedding.com/WedTraditions-Greek.htm

hope this has helped you