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[Gasman]

Grated fresh tomatoes? Hmmm. I've never tried grating a tomato. (But I will now!)

[denizaksulu]

Grated fresh tomatoes? Hmmm. I've never tried grating a tomato. (But I will now!)

Watch those 'bloody' fingers

[Nikitas]

"Giving up bread seems the best idea for loosing weight. How can we give it up when since childhood bread has been the staple of all our foods. Bread with everything. My neighbor even eats bread with his macaroni bulli. Eating bread is an addiction (as far as I am concerned).

I must try/I must try/I must try"

Well here we have a cross ethnic panCypriot cultural trait, the veneration of bread. It was an unforgivable lapse in our house to forget to get fresh bread every single day from the baker. It provoked all sorts of moral condemnation, no matter what else there was to eat. Bread was treated as the foundation of all meals and a constant necessity.

But, folks, our bodies are not bread eaters' bodies. There was no bread in the Paleolithic diet and it cannot be fully utilised by our Paleolithic metabolism.

It takes very little effort to give it up for a few days. And when you do, and then you eat bread after some days absinence you can judge the effect it has on you.

[Nikitas]

Deniz, you mentioned parsley salad. Is that the one that is made with finely chopped parsley and onion and doused with lemon juice and olive oil? A friend of mine calls it "shexixi" but somehow I get the feeling that is a joke name.

What do they call a person who is constantly appearing on TV talks shows in Greece? Maidanos, cause he, like maidanos (parsley), goes with everything.

[denizaksulu]

Deniz, you mentioned parsley salad. Is that the one that is made with finely chopped parsley and onion and doused with lemon juice and olive oil? A friend of mine calls it "shexixi" but somehow I get the feeling that is a joke name.

What do they call a person who is constantly appearing on TV talks shows in Greece? Maidanos, cause he, like maidanos (parsley), goes with everything.

Well Maydanoz salatasi is my favorite. Just the way you described it.

I have never heard of 'shexixi' before. Where was your friend from?

[Nikitas]

My friend is from Ayios Amvrosios and he always laughed when he used that name, but he never said why.

[Get Real!]

My friend is from Ayios Amvrosios and he always laughed when he used that name, but he never said why.

That word means "screw it" or something like that... but no, it's not the name of that mix. I don't think its got a name...

[BirKibrisli]

Deniz, you mentioned parsley salad. Is that the one that is made with finely chopped parsley and onion and doused with lemon juice and olive oil? A friend of mine calls it "shexixi" but somehow I get the feeling that is a joke name.

What do they call a person who is constantly appearing on TV talks shows in Greece? Maidanos, cause he, like maidanos (parsley), goes with everything.

They have the same saying in Turkey,Nikitas....
Maydanos olmak...lolllll To become Maydanos....To put your nose in eveything.....There is even a Radio station called maydanos FM...

ps....The salad you talk about is called "choban salatasi" (Sheperds salad) in Turkish,if I am not mistaken...It also has tomatoes and capsicum in it...

[kafenes]

Deniz, you mentioned parsley salad. Is that the one that is made with finely chopped parsley and onion and doused with lemon juice and olive oil? A friend of mine calls it "shexixi" but somehow I get the feeling that is a joke name.

What do they call a person who is constantly appearing on TV talks shows in Greece? Maidanos, cause he, like maidanos (parsley), goes with everything.

Nikitas, the parsley salad you mention, which in our household is called 'PIAZ' consists of chopped parsley, finely cut ring onions (which I remember my mother always squashes it in her palm after cutting) and SUMAK instead of lemon juice. Your friend calling it 'shexixi' is a joke as that phrase comes from the Turkish 'eshek sik sin'.

[fig head]

no lunch for me today !! honest;y its wrong !! you`ll be fat in no time..