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Not being overly fond of Turkey we're again having a mezze(ish) Christmas lunch.

The usual dips, then a few home made sheftalia cooked on real charcoal (cant be done with those lava rocks - no taste)

Then we'll be having a Kleftico for main course with the usual village salad and a piping hot bowl of fassoulaki to accompany

All washed down with a few beers of course

Just like any other weekend really

Off to football on boxing day and back to sons for evening buffet - For which the wife will do keftedes, kupepia and a dish of makaronia al forno and no doubt the boy will provide boring crisps , nuts and sausage rolls

What is wrong with the real traditional English Christmas dinner of Goose?

It is much tastier than Turkey, and the fat you get from them is great for the roast potatoes.

Cooking one on Christmas day (deboned and stuffed with a gammon) and two on 27th for a big do.

[Kristyn]

"pink stuff" sounds kinky-oh behave!

You have NO Idea!!!

[Kristyn]

its not what they eat for dinner its what they want to eat after dinner.

hihihihihihi

WHOOP WHOOP christamas pussing!!;)

Naughty Naughty !!! all you get for Christmas is a lump of coal !

[miltiades]

Our really special meal is on New Year's Day ... and my favourite is some sweet syrupy biscuits called Melanogarvouna ... "Black-coals" which are spongy and have chopped almonds. But only my mother can make them!

Oh, and her chocolaty-marble-cake type Vasilopitta is the best!

Avgolemoni soup goes down a treat too .........

Saturday I had a taste for Trahana soup. I drove to London and bought a packet of trahana - Cypriot of course. It was foul and we were both sick. Its taste was decidedly of 'carbolic soap'. This was the first time it has happened to us. My family always warned me not to buy from untried sources. They usually have it made to order, but failed to remember me. I think they have been reading the Cyprus Forum.

Will bring you some genuine Paphitiko Trahana Deniz, funnily enough I had some tonight using stock of my left over pheasant that I cooked on Sunday !!

[bill cobbett]

Our really special meal is on New Year's Day ... and my favourite is some sweet syrupy biscuits called Melanogarvouna ... "Black-coals" which are spongy and have chopped almonds. But only my mother can make them!

Oh, and her chocolaty-marble-cake type Vasilopitta is the best!

Avgolemoni soup goes down a treat too .........

Saturday I had a taste for Trahana soup. I drove to London and bought a packet of trahana - Cypriot of course. It was foul and we were both sick. Its taste was decidedly of 'carbolic soap'. This was the first time it has happened to us. My family always warned me not to buy from untried sources. They usually have it made to order, but failed to remember me. I think they have been reading the Cyprus Forum.

Will bring you some genuine Paphitiko Trahana Deniz, funnily enough I had some tonight using stock of my left over pheasant that I cooked on Sunday !!

Boys, boys, boys ....! you all know the only trahana worth having is made to order by the older CY reli's. Made with milk and sun-dried.

Got a couple of pheasants in the freezer, thanks for reminder to get them out.

[Jerry]

We had accumulated a few bottles of cheap Cyprus brandy when we moved house so rather than use them to start the barbecue my wife made some cherry brandy with the fruit of our newly acquired cherry tree (morello I think). It was out of this world, the best thing to do with cheap brandy. This year, rather than waste the "intoxicated" cherries I added them to melted chocolate (half Cadburys half dark cooking) and made sweets.

My wife has had to hide them away.

[halil]

turkeys eating turkeys which came first you guys or turkey turkey haha..

so halil what do you do for xmas? you just celebrate the new year you say? how?

Palio do u celebrate Bayram or what do u do at Bayrams ?

Xmas is for christians Palio ....We celebrate only new year eve ....

İ explain at above how me and my family does .Some familys goes to hotels or tavernas for celebrations . Also young goes to discos as well.

only at new year nights gamblings are free at every where ....even in local coffee shops u can play cards for gambling or any gambling game .
but not allowed after 8 o'clock on first day of the new year.

[denizaksulu]

Our really special meal is on New Year's Day ... and my favourite is some sweet syrupy biscuits called Melanogarvouna ... "Black-coals" which are spongy and have chopped almonds. But only my mother can make them!

Oh, and her chocolaty-marble-cake type Vasilopitta is the best!

Avgolemoni soup goes down a treat too .........

Saturday I had a taste for Trahana soup. I drove to London and bought a packet of trahana - Cypriot of course. It was foul and we were both sick. Its taste was decidedly of 'carbolic soap'. This was the first time it has happened to us. My family always warned me not to buy from untried sources. They usually have it made to order, but failed to remember me. I think they have been reading the Cyprus Forum.

Will bring you some genuine Paphitiko Trahana Deniz, funnily enough I had some tonight using stock of my left over pheasant that I cooked on Sunday !!

Oooh, yess pleeeze. That will make my day Oops our day.

[SKI-preo]

When we lived in Cyprus it was mainly roast pork,lountza home made loukanika. Is cypriot pork the best you have ever had?


In Australia the pork tastes like (censored) but for Xmas the lamb is good and so is the Flinders Island bull kelp(sea weed) fed beef. Because it is well into summer by Xmas we also eat allot of the sea food : bbq prawns (shrimp),


Sydney rock oysters.I like them fresh but my wife likes these recipes:

http://dinner-recipes.suite101.com/arti ... ok_oysters



If you are ever in Sydney try the local slipper lobsters called Balmain Bugs:

http://australianflavour.net/index.php? ... &Itemid=63

[SKI-preo]

Hey everybody! Try my Zivania Oyster shots!

You need:
sea salt(not coarse, grind it), for coating the glass rims 2 dozen Sydney Rock oysters, freshly shucked.

1 cup chilled fresh Tahitian lime juice

2 tablespoons finely chopped pickled Cappari leaves

1 tablespoon minced shallots

1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves

1 teaspoon very finely chopped fresh rocket leaves

1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives

Liberal amounts of Zivania

lots of Ice cubes -hint use large ise cubes so you don't water down Zivania too much.

Moisten the 24 shot glasses with water, then dip each glass in sea salt to coat the tops.

Put an oyster into each shot glass.

In a medium bowl, combine the tahitian lime juice, finely chopped cappari leaves, shallots, cilantro, rocket, and chives. Pour 1 tablespoon of the lime juice mixture into each of the 24 shot glasses over the oysters. Pour the Zivania into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes and shake to chill the tequila.Strain ice,then Top up (fill) each of the shot glasses with some Zivania . Serve immediately.Don't do this before your guest arrive wait for them to get there first.