Anevato (West Macedonia): a mild whey- cheese with grainy texture, which is made with unpasteurized sheeps’ and goats’ milk. It is consumed at table, in pies. (DOC) Anthotiros: a smooth cheese with mild taste, which is produced from sheep’s or…
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During the Ottoman occupation most cheese came from Northern Greece and the mountainous areas of islands. Thessaly, a traditional place of stockbreeding since 14th century, developed the cheese production and became the largest supplier of dairy products in Greece. At the…
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Products such as cheese were discovered accidentally. Primitive forms of cheese have been made since the earliest domestication of animals and became a great way to preserve milk. Homer gives the first description, although brief, of cheese. In the Odyssey…
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During the festival of Artemis Orthia the young Spartans were encouraged to steal cheese, without getting caught, from the altar of the godess. Every month Spartans sent to the common messes (phiditia) 10 Aigina obolus to buy meat, 1 1/5…