Greek coffee is good for you if you want to live long

[Greek coffee is good for you if you want to live long]

someone mention COFFEE???

[FINALLY ! and all this time i thought i was on drugs without knowing it]

so im not the only one? lol

[Watching Greek TV Online]

Watch Greek TV Channels online for free using Kodi

 

instructions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3reGleYU6w

[Which countries would you like to visit?]

Jen, how did you like Vancouver? I hope it was not raining. Canada is very beautiful and so big. The Eastern Coast is great. If you visit Halifax, you can drive to Peggy's Cove and along the way, there are some nice fishing villages. Niagara Falls are great, I never get tired of admiring them. The Canadian side is much nicer than the US side of the falls. 

 

HappyAsHellas - thanks for your detailed response, I can see how difficult it is for you to even reply as there is such a big choice. Of the three islands, I would like:

 

1) one island with archeological sites, so yes, Crete looks great.

2) second one would be quiet and not too commercial, to taste the authentic life on an island. Hailki looks perfect it seems. Now I have to find where it is. 

3) third one would be an island a little bit commercial, I don't mind, having many white houses, they look so cool. I like to shop for island souvenirs.  

 

I wonder how it feels to be on an island surrounded by the blue Mediterranean, must be fantastic. 

FriendofGreece,

 

that was my list of places id like to visit....that was your question for this post? 

[Greek Easter Cookies ( Koulourakia)]

Greek Easter Cookies ( Koulourakia)

 

 

 

• Ingredients
•  

• 200g butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 tablespoon each of orange and lemon rind
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 1/4 cups plain flour
• 3/4 cup self-raising flour
• 1 egg yolk
• icing sugar to serve
•  

 

       Method:

 

1.  

   Preheat oven 180°C. Beat 200g butter and 1 cup caster sugar until creamy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla essence and 1 tablespoon each of orange and lemon rind. Beat in 3 egg yolks.
2. Beat in 1/4 cup milk, 2 1/4 cups plain flour and 3/4 cup self-raising flour. Bring together on a lightly floured surface. Roll 1 tablespoon of the mixture into a 20cm log. Fold in half, pinch ends together and twist 2 times. Repeat. 
3. Place on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper. Whisk 1 egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water. Brush over the biscuits. Bake 20-22 minutes or until golden. Cool completely. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

[21st Century is India's Century?]

they need to break the cycle

[21st Century is India's Century?]

Indian males are taught to feel entitled ( if mothers have some authority over their sons why don't they change this?)

[21st Century is India's Century?]

how can people desert their mothers?

[Which countries would you like to visit?]

Italy ( Tuscany, Venice)

France

Monaco 

Canada ( Vancouver)

UK (Scotland)

[What makes a person attractive to you?]

[What makes a person attractive to you?]

[What makes a person attractive to you?]

reality check

 

no man, at least a normal one, would ever like to shag a dog, no matter how much great head she might give

 

 

and yet so many woman often shack up would butt fuggly men. which can only mean fat wallets

thus the beauty and the beast story

what if this person, girl? whatever, has big assets?

 

i mean surely you can put a paper bag over her/his head? lol

[What makes a person attractive to you?]

Does big boobs count? 

i love an honest man lol

 

but really admin? size isn't everything...or is it?

[What makes a person attractive to you?]

So to end the year on a light note, here is a question: What makes a person attractive to you, and I mean, not in terms of physical beauty because that is a relative concept, but in terms of:

 

The masculine form also applies for the feminine form:

 

1) He has a velvet voice (most preferably he knows how to sing Dalaras songs).

2) He is optimistic, he makes you laugh and cheers you up.

3) He is humble, even though he has achieved much in his life.

4) He is intelligent and brilliant, but not so much as to know everything you think.

5) He is rich, but not old old.

6) He is kind and caring towards you.

7) He does not hold a grudge and forgives and forgets easily.

8) He know martial arts.

9) Other (specify)

 

Surely, it would be easy to meet at least a few of those criteria, no?

 

if he sings Dalaras songs its a NO DEAL from me lol   (who does that? really?)

 

I love No 2...a man that can make me laugh wins me over every time

 

but i think it all comes down to chemistry, there is that certain something that draws us to that special someone

 

when it comes to beauty? i think everyone's perception of beauty is different

[solving the refugee crisis]

 

 

70% or so are young and strong men who left their wives, children and old parents back home to suffer whatever dangers there are, if any dangers at all. Again, why don't they stay in their country to fight instead of waiting for Westerners to fight for them?

 

 

the answer is here

[Saganaki - Greek Fried Cheese!]

Saganaki 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

100 g kefalotiri or kefalograviera cheese 

plain flour, for dusting 
⅓ cup (80 ml) extra virgin olive oil 
lemon wedges, to serve

 

 

 

Instructions: 

 

To prepare the saganaki, trim the cheese evenly to create a slice approximately 1 cm to 1.5 cm thick. 

Dip the cheese into water and dust generously with flour. 

Heat the olive oil in a very small heavy frying pan over low to medium heat – no hotter or the outside will brown before the inside softens. Note: this looks like a lot of oil, but this quantity is needed to evenly fry the cheese. 

Carefully add the cheese to the olive oil and fry on one side for 3 minutes. Turn and fry for an additional 2 minutes, or until golden. Drain well on kitchen paper. 

Serve immediately with the lemon wedges.

 

[Greek Moussaka recipe]

Traditional Greek Moussaka recipe (Moussaka with Béchamel)

 

 

Base ingredients

 

• 6 eggplants
• vegetable oil (for frying the eggplants)

 

 

 

For the meat sauce

 

• 750g minced beef or lamb (26 ounces)
• 2 red onions (chopped)
• 2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes (400g/ 14 oz.)
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 glass of red wine
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• a pinch of cinnamon or one cinnamon stick
• 1/4 of a cup olive oil

 

 

For the béchamel sauce

 

• 875ml milk (3 and 1/2 cups)
• 100g butter (3.5 ounces)
• 100g flour (3.5 ounces)
• a pinch of nutmeg
• 2 egg yolks
• 100g  Kefalotyri (3.5 ounces)
•  

 

Instructions

 

1. Begin by preparing the eggplants. Remove the stalks from the eggplants and cut them into slices, 1 cm thick. Season with salt and place in a colander for about half an hour.Rinse the eggplants with plenty of water and squeeze with your hands, to get rid of the excessive water. Pat them dry and fry in plenty of oil, until nicely colored. Place the fried eggplants on some paper, in order to absorb the oil. (For a lighter version of the traditional Greek moussaka try drizzling the aubergines with some olive oil and bake them for 20 minutes instead of frying them).
2. Prepare the meat sauce for the moussaka. Heat a large pan to medium -high heat and add the olive oil. Stir in the chopped onions and sauté, until softened and slightly colored. Stir in the garlic, tomato puree and the mince breaking it up with a wooden spoon and sauté. Pour in the red wine and wait to evaporate. Add the tinned tomatoes, the sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, 1 bay leaf and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, turn the heat down and simmer with the lid on for about 30 minutes, until most of the juices have evaporated.
3. Prepare the béchamel sauce for the moussaka. Use a large pan to melt some butter over low-medium heat. Add the flour whisking continuously to make a paste. Add warmed milk in a steady stream; keep whisking in order to prevent your sauce from getting lumpy. If the sauce still needs to thicken, boil over low heat while continuing to stir. Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the egg yolks, salt, pepper, a pinch of nutmeg and the grated cheese. Whisk quickly, in order to prevent the eggs from turning an omelette!
4. Assemble the moussaka. For this moussaka recipe you will need a large baking dish, approx. 20*30 cm). Butter the bottom and sides of the pan and layer the eggplants. Pour in the meat sauce and even out. Add a second layer of eggplants, top with the béchamel sauce and smooth out with a spatula.
5. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake the musaka in preheated oven at 180-200C for about 60 minutes, until crust turns light golden brown. Even though it will be really hard.. you should wait for the moussaka to cool down for a while before cutting into pieces.........Kali Orexi!!

 

 

[solving the refugee crisis]

they simply show no respect

[Merry Christmas and Happy New Year]

i hope everyone had a Merry Christmas....see you all back here in the New Year

 

 

enjoy the festive season and stay safe 

[Where's eyoismos???]

i hope everyone had a good Christmas....been busy with the festive season and now preparing for the New Years Party

 

 

i have this weird sense of making everything clean and organised before the New Year...then I'm going to be spending my free time getting a tan 

 

Admin, i will work on the recipe section in the new year....i thought you were going to bring back the old ones 

[Do you prefer long or short hair on men?]

i don't have a preference

 

it depends on the man, his style, his face shape, his overall look. i have been attracted to men with long short and no hair 

[San Bernardino shooting]

Really??? Buy guns in the supermarket??? Where's that so that I can go get some? I hope you're not from the US to spew such inaccuracies. 

 

Those with ill intent will find a way to commit it, no matter what laws and obstacles we put in their way. Most criminals use illegal weapons to commit their crimes.

 

Also, has anyone yet studied the connection between psychological conditions treated by psychotropic drugs and propensity to suicide and/or homicide?  It has been suggested that people on psychotropic medications are prone to kill themselves and if they have no regard for their own life why would they hesitate taking someone else's. Pharmaceutical companies are aware of the connection and, so far, have been successful in squashing any study on the subject as this will make them liable for those crimes.

i agree pharmaceutical companies have a lot to answer for....and lets not forget the street drugs 

 

and the promise of 40 - 70 virgins waiting to meet you at heavens door lol

[San Bernardino shooting]

basic line is "guns don't kill people"

 

this isn't about guns or crime, its bigger than that...why are we in the west so naive? 

[So my first 11.5h flight is friday]

try 16 - 20 hours 

[San Bernardino shooting]

FAIR? there is nothing fair about any of these killings...I'm sure this muslim mother made a sacrifice for her child (usually a large sum of money is paid to their families after the killings )

 

What are we suppose to feel about these people who are under the influence of such depraved religion where killing another human being is considered an honour?