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paharo45

paharo45

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I have noticed in Greek cookbooks that there are different salads in Greek cuisine. I just know two salads - village salad, and the salad that involves watermelon and feta cheese. But I did find more in a cookbook, so I want to make a list. I know Greek cuisine is very seasonal, so it makes sense - I just didn't think about it:
  • Horiatiki - village salad
  • Cabbage salad
  • Watermelon feta salad
  • Tomato and onion salad
  • Americanized Greek salad with all the lettuce (I can't believe how many of my friends think this is the real Greek salad, but I thought I would put it on the list anyway...)
  • I saw in an island cookbook a fresh salad with a bunch of wild greens, and I forgot the name of it
 
Arugula
Potato
Salata Dakos
 
Horta - I know it's cooked but I still think of it as a salad

There's a salad in Thessaloniki that involves cabbage and other vegetables, like carrots - delicious
 
All great additions - can't believe I forgot about Dakos, Arugula, and Potato salad. And I agree, I think of Horta as a salad, come to think of it. I love the "village salad" best, but I do like to mix it up.
 
In Greece I saw all kinds of salads. People just make salad with what they have and what's in season - but there are a few types of salads that are constant, like village salad. The list looks good to me!
 
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