A Feta Fetish: Towards a better feta cheese for all

Hello....!Who hasn't heard of feta cheese among us?Now I'm not saying that you necessary need to like it, but most of us know about this white, tangy & salty Greek cheese served with your Greek salad on your favourite holiday destination.But is the feta cheese we eat a "fait accompli"? (or feta accompli?)What is Sfella or "Feta of the Fire"?On today's episode we look at the facts currently and finds out that this is by far not the truth.A lot of deception happens from the rugged mountains in the north west of Greece till the final product reaches your table in faraway lands...Here's some great PDO fetas and other delicious goat and sheep milk cheeses from Greece.Moiras Cheesemakers Geraki Lakonia: (Μοίρας Τυροκομικά, Γεράκι Λακωνίας) tel: +30 27310-71.378Traditional Cheesemaker Tsatsoulis Levidi Arkadias (Παραδοσιακό Τυροκομείο Τσατσουλή, Λεβίδι Αρκαδίας) www.tsatsoulis.com.gr Goat cheese with character: www.tousias.gr Another great Feta cheese: https://chelmos.gr/https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/chelmos-feta-pdo-4kg-in-100g-slicesThanks for listening!The Delicious LegacySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. If you love to time-travel through food and history why not join us at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Imagine yourself dining with Socrates, Plato, or Pythagoras... maybe even Cicero and Julius Caesar...being a soldier marching with Alexander's the Great army in the vast Persian empire discovering new foods... or try and picture the richness of fruits and vegetables in the lush Hanging Gardens of Babylon...what foods did our ancestors ate?How did all begin? Why am I so hooked on ancient recipes and ingredients? Is the food delicious? Wholesome? Do you need to know? I think so! Recipes, ingredients, ways of cooking. Timeless and continuous yet unique and so alien to us now days. Staple ingredients of the Mediterranean world -as we think now- like tomatoes, potatoes, rice, peppers, didn't exist. What did they eat? We will travel and imagine how it was to eat like a Greek Philosopher in a symposium in Athens, as a Roman Emperor or as a rich merchant in the last night in Pompeii......Lavish dinners, exotic ingredients, barbaric elements, all intertwined...Stay tuned and find out more here, in 'The Delicious Legacy' Podcast!Find all out, right here!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. If you love to time-travel through food and history why not join us at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.