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[insan]

It's the first time you made me laugh out loud(in real life)...

That’s a bit of an insult because in the past I used to do a LOT of funny posts…

relativity...

Maybe it was during your absence because you were here before most and then disappeared for a few years and then… well you know the story!

Yeah.. maybe...

[insan]

Feta and Halloumi are related. They are both stored in brine for example and made from near-similar combinations of ewe/goat milk.

And feta is definitely mentioned by Homer ... so there's another early Greek link to Halloumi!

Finally you've got someone's attention Oracles...

Hallumi Prices

05*31*2010 Posted in Cyprus Stig Q & A

Question: Dear Cyprus Stig,

I heard a rumour that if Greece goes bankrupt and is bailed out by the EU that my 100-euro per kilo subsidy of halloumi that I make is likely to drop by around 10 per cent. Surely this cannot be true? If so, I would like you to start a campaign to increase taxes on the British or Germans to pay to Brussels. After all, we cannot be expected to take a lesser handout?!

Yassas and Yamas,Poppy Popadopalopalou

Answer: Dear Poppy,

The hallumi prices are governed by a higher body as you know and the Oracle has said that by the time of the annual hallumi festival that prices will… after fluctuating .. stabilise and there will be no need to tax those of lesser decent but if so the Germans would be first as they have the best singers in Europe and this latest Eurovision was fixed, as quiet clearly the Cypriot bazzuki and Ballard singers are far superior.

http://www.cyprusstig.com/2010/05/31/hallumi-prices/

[Oracle]

Were you Googling "Oracle and Halloumi"

[insan]

Were you Googling "Oracle and Halloumi"

No. The prices of Halloumi in Cyprus!

[Nikitas]

"Feta and Halloumi are related. They are both stored in brine"

Which explains why they both taste horrid.

“It is the second most popular and loved cheese in Cyprus.” Which would explain the attitude of some of our compatriots, they eat too many salted thingies.

Salt in excess is throughly disgusting. In first aid brine is used as an emetic. How can we do this to cheese is beyond me. Patriotic or not, oversalted food of any kind sucks. At least in Greece there is a choice, to avoid feta in favor of some other, any other cheese, in Cyprus we are stuck, we forgot to invent alternatives to brine soaked thingies.

[SKI-preo]

What about soujoukon ths vrakas?

[Oracle]

"Feta and Halloumi are related. They are both stored in brine"

Which explains why they both taste horrid.

That was one of the few means of preservation available at the time these (ancient) cheeses were invented.

Eaten in moderation, they are useful in counteracting salt loss from sweating under the hot Mediterranean sun.

[CBBB]

"Feta and Halloumi are related. They are both stored in brine"

Which explains why they both taste horrid.

“It is the second most popular and loved cheese in Cyprus.” Which would explain the attitude of some of our compatriots, they eat too many salted thingies.

Salt in excess is throughly disgusting. In first aid brine is used as an emetic. How can we do this to cheese is beyond me. Patriotic or not, oversalted food of any kind sucks. At least in Greece there is a choice, to avoid feta in favor of some other, any other cheese, in Cyprus we are stuck, we forgot to invent alternatives to brine soaked thingies.

What about kefalotiri and cascavali?

Two excellent cheeses.

[Oracle]

Cheese can be traced back about four thousand years, since cheese molds dating to that time have been found. It is thought that cheesecake was served to the athletes in the first Olympic Games in 776 BC.




Once again:

ἁλμυρός =halmyros = haloumi = salty one

[Get Real!]

Well I heard that the baton used for the 4x100 relay back then was a Cypriot goubba!