Bouyiourdi (spicy baked feta cheese)

Bouyiourdi (spicy baked feta cheese)

Greece, History, In Tradition, Recipes

One of the many wonderful dishes originating from Thessaloniki with baked feta cheese, tomatoes, peppers and other spices, preferably spicy. Usually served in parchment paper and spicy and thus fits the story of the word. The word boujurdi originally meant the written...
Horiatiki or Greek Salad?

Horiatiki or Greek Salad?

In Tradition

Honestly, what is a real Horiatiki or… Greek Salad? Let’s start with one true fact… Feta cheese and olives don’t make your salad Greek, it might give it a Greek color or add a little Greek zest in your salad but please…. Don’t call it Greek, call it lettuce salad with...
Bouyiourdi (Feta cheese meze)

Bouyiourdi (Feta cheese meze)

Recipes

The word Bouyiourdi originally meant the written order from an official of the Ottoman Empire (under Turkish occupation) usually for tax collection. Today it means the official document, of an unpleasant financial content: The phrase is known as: did the “Bouyiourdi”...