Greek Recipes

This is the first posting in a new series of spotlight articles on Greek food products and ingredients which I will be presenting on this blog. A slab of Feta served up in classic Greek fashion - Click to Enlarge My grandmother used to make her own cheeses. When I was a child, I used to love watching the woman set herself on a small wooden stool for the milking of the sheep and goats. She would call for me to bring the collection pails and I would run to fetch them. As she milked the swollen teats of the ewes and does, I would offer to help, but she always refused saying that the animals required practised, familiar hands. So, I had to content myself with helping her by swapping the buckets when she instructed. She always made sure to leave some milk for the sucklings; and there was always a cup of warm milk set aside for me, before she thickened the rest and drained off the whey from the curds for cheese-making. Although she used rudimentary equipment i.e., wicker baskets, mus