On humous, a London professor friend was with me once Spetses and he ordered some but there was none as it is a Levantine dish not Greek. He opted for fava and taramasalata and asked for pitta. They gave him bread. He didn’t seem to know that the Greek joints we grew up on in North London were, in fact, Cypriot. with cuisine much influenced from east Mediterranean shoreline countries
Don’t think I’ve been shallot onions sale in Greece . Would red ones do? The local Zachos - chain of gyros joints, solid, great value - does an excellent carrot and cabbage salad which is very lively and make change from eternal horiataki salad.
I'm sure they would - as would the common yellow onion. I'm a bit lax about types of allium and often substitute regular onions if I haven't got shallots around. If a recipe calls for a lighter-flavoured leek or shallot, you can often get away with soaking a chopped yellow onion in a few changes of iced water. Brits, who won't easily find haggis on a London menu, are also surprised that dishes like hummus and taramasalata aren't standard fare on islands in the Ionian Sea but come from much further south.
On humous, a London professor friend was with me once Spetses and he ordered some but there was none as it is a Levantine dish not Greek. He opted for fava and taramasalata and asked for pitta. They gave him bread. He didn’t seem to know that the Greek joints we grew up on in North London were, in fact, Cypriot. with cuisine much influenced from east Mediterranean shoreline countries
Don’t think I’ve been shallot onions sale in Greece . Would red ones do? The local Zachos - chain of gyros joints, solid, great value - does an excellent carrot and cabbage salad which is very lively and make change from eternal horiataki salad.
I'm sure they would - as would the common yellow onion. I'm a bit lax about types of allium and often substitute regular onions if I haven't got shallots around. If a recipe calls for a lighter-flavoured leek or shallot, you can often get away with soaking a chopped yellow onion in a few changes of iced water. Brits, who won't easily find haggis on a London menu, are also surprised that dishes like hummus and taramasalata aren't standard fare on islands in the Ionian Sea but come from much further south.
A Tabled reader emailed me to say he'd Googled carrots and found an article that refuted the contention that the Dutch had made the carrot orange. Do read it - it makes an interesting case: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/15/fact-check-orange-carrots-occurred-naturally-not-created-dutch/8318657002/