Greek Culture

Greek Culture
Blo post #1
April 11,2015
By:Sarah Jakubek

The Greek culture interested me because my family is great friends with the owners of a little Greek restaurant in town. They share many different styles of food when we come in for breakfast every Sunday morning after church. All though we know this family I know very little about the Greek culture. As for what I do know, holidays to them are a big deal for them, and what I hope to learn is what type of foods they use during certain holidays. There are many things to learn about Greek food. Greek has very many traditions when it comes to Greek meals and making meals. Certain foods, like olives, garlic, lemons and herbs have been the main ingredients in lots of Greek food. Religion also plays a very important part in the Greek life. With most of them being Christian orthodox many festivities and foods are traditions form religious holidays. This picture shown below is a picture of the Greeks Christian Orthodox Church. Easter in Greece is a little bit different than here in Chicago. Like us they give up certain foods, but foods they are not able to eat during lent are meat or fish that has blood, as well as anything that comes from an animal with blood such as cheese, yogurt, milk and eggs. Although on Great Thursday (Holy Thursday) the Greek culture prepares Tsoureki, which is Greek bread. This bread is only made around Easter time in Greek. This culture focuses on this type of food because it is a strong tradition they follow.



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