Mouthwatering, Unusual Greek Cheeses

Cheese!Greek Cheese in fact!Today, on this episode I am taking you on a virtual curd-y tour of Greece, through the medium of ...cheese!We'll travel across each region, each county, each geographical province that comprises Hellas today, and we're going to see one or two (or more!!!) cheeses that must be celebrated, known and tasted!In fact, while certainly Greece doesn't have the immense variety and the superbly complex cheeses of Italy, France and UK (and some Spanish cheeses too!) definitely has some that define the character of each place they come from, that taste different, unique, and are steeped into the thousands years old tradition of cheesemaking.A land that has high mountains, wild forests, thousands of islands and such a varied climate, surely can have cheeses tied to the specific microclimate of the region it comes form, the flora, the herbs and flowers that the animals eat. Well you'll find out here.Cheese made with fig sap, sun dried, cured in wine, or olive pulp, or bathed in sea water....Cheeses matured in massive goats skins...! Listen and explore the rich variety of Greek cheeses here, and I wish and hope once this pandemic is over, you can go and taste them yourselves!You can buys some amazing Greek cheeses in London from the following suppliers:Maltby and Greekhttps://www.maltbyandgreek.com/collections/cheese Odysea:https://www.odysea.com/products/cheese Credits: Opening and closing music theme: Cloudcub " Waltz Detunee" written by Sebastien Froment, performed by Cloudcub. https://cloudcub.bandcamp.com/ Additional Music composed, performed by Pavlos Kapralos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgAonk4-uVhXXjKSF-Nz1A Except "Lasithiou and Pentozali" written, performed and mixed by Cretan Brioche folk ensemble: http://cretanbrioche.com/ 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.

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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.