I love it but it's hard to find authentic Greek food in most of the US.
Greek food is great.... except for that disgusting feta cheese that OP decided to showcase front and center.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 17, 2022 2:42 AM |
Hi, Greece troll.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 17, 2022 2:52 AM |
I like greek food - it is expensive for what it is.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 17, 2022 3:06 AM |
What's disgusting about feta?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 17, 2022 5:56 AM |
Moussaka is a dish that varies enormously in quality. I'm not sure I've ever had especially good moussaka in the U.S. The success stems from excellent ingredients and from attention to preparing the components separately and combining in the right order (otherwise you get a sort of lesbian potluck ratatouille that tastes like mush.)
Rick Stein's 'From Venice to Istanbul' has a good recipe.
But yes, the simplicity and attention to seasonal ingredients makes Greek food really great (or mediocre.)
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 17, 2022 7:28 AM |
My favorite. Love it all — the lamb, seafood, casseroles, dips, and breads. The ultimate comfort food.
I'm too intimidated to cook most of it myself. But nothing is better in summer than to make a big horiatiki salad from fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, feta, onions, oil, balsamic and pepper.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 17, 2022 7:48 AM |
I don't know authentic from inauthentic but Greek garlic chicken will make you wanna slap your mama.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 17, 2022 7:49 AM |
It's very good but whats good about it is Mediterranean-middleast. The Levant countries are the best in the region
by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 17, 2022 7:55 AM |
ITA, the one GOOD Greek food place closed upon original owners retiring. The Greek Food Fest is fantastic too, but comes once a year. LOVE Greek cuisine.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 17, 2022 8:23 AM |
R9 - Yes! Lebanese food is the best!
These regions all have similar ingredients with a different spin on them and some different seasonings, but the best of it is the use of simple, fresh, high-quality ingredients that have so much flavour. (I’m just hoping the winter weather in my rainshadow region of the Pacific Northwest lifts in time to plant and harvest tomatoes and cucumbers, etc. … this is supposed to be a Mediterranean climate, after all - yet while much of the continent has been sweltering, we’ve been wet and freezing! 😖)
by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 17, 2022 8:39 AM |
Chicken Souvlakis are great for BBQs, with Tzatziki and either bread or French Fries. Likely one of the easier Mediterranean dishes.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 17, 2022 10:04 AM |
There are a number of things I like re Greek cuisine:
Two of the dips (hummus and the incomparable taramosalata), spanikopita, stuffed grape leaves (dolmadakia), keftedakia (meatballs), the shrimp casserole dish garides santorini, imam (an eggplant casserole), patates fournou (lemon potatoes), and last but not least avgolemono soup.
Dessert wise there's the obvious baklava, but I'd prefer the orange cake portokalopita.
I'm luck there's a pretty good Greek restaurant about 15 minutes from me, and I like taking out from there a couple of times a year.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 17, 2022 5:46 PM |
Saganaki cheese!!! OPA!!! Greektown in Detroit is a great place to get your Greek food fix.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 17, 2022 6:24 PM |
Try anything lamb.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 17, 2022 8:13 PM |
I love Greek food. I've tried to make moussaka (with the white sauce & everything) and it didn't turn out very good. I've had a delicious moussaka (don't know how authentic it was) with no white sauce and quite a bit of eggplant.
I've made baklava before, came out very nice. It wasn't difficult, but it was labor intensive.
Feta cheese, I love, but I can understand why some wouldn't like it.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 17, 2022 8:19 PM |
Greek food is the bomb. I also love a good Greek-American diner. Dear God how I love a Greek omelet at a Greek-American diner.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 17, 2022 8:24 PM |
Feta= worse than death.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 17, 2022 8:25 PM |
Fuck lamb and goat. Other than that, delicious
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 17, 2022 8:29 PM |
[quote] Dear God how I love a Greek omelet at a Greek-American diner.
Seems like it would be easy to make.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 17, 2022 8:32 PM |
LOL at the little boys with baby tastes who can't even take some feta. REALLY? Wow, you are juvenile.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 18, 2022 3:03 AM |
Hard to find Greek food in the U.S.?
Are you kidding? They own every diner in the country.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 18, 2022 5:03 AM |
Halloumi. Feta's tastier cousin. Buy the goat/sheep milk kind, not the cheap, tasteless cow milk kind. Slice it, fry it in a bit of olive oil, toss it on salad or with pasta or rice.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 18, 2022 5:13 AM |
R23, what's the texture of halloumi cheese? Is it like feta? When I see it being fried, the texture looks more stretchy, like mozzarella. So, wondering how you'd "toss" it on a salad.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 18, 2022 5:19 AM |
Well you'd think if Greek diners were "all over the country" we'd actually have some up here in NorCal (an hour North of SF). But we don't.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 18, 2022 5:22 AM |
R24 Halloumi is more dense than feta. That's why it can be easily sliced and fried. It is packed in salt water, so must be drained well by wrapping it in several layers of paper towel before being fried. After frying, drain it on a paper towel. It can then be further cut into bite-size pieces and used in salad/pasta/rice similar to croutons. But trust me, you won't have any left for the salad. It's that good.
Check online for recipes for fried halloumi and using it in a variety of dishes.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 18, 2022 5:29 AM |
Thank you, R26. I think I'll try halloumi. I'll have to look around a bit for it, though.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 18, 2022 5:31 AM |