"The staples, indeed, of the diet of the common people in Greece comprise bread, somewhat coarse in texture and dark in color, grapes, and black olives. They will also eat as much of a milky kind of cheese (turi) as they can get; and they are greatly addicted to sousing nearly all their dishes with . A common repast for a Greek peasant is a hunch of bread, scored backwards and forwards in parallel lines with a knife to a criss-cross pattern; this is seasoned with pepper and salt, and drenched with oil; and is then heartily partaken of, not only by the agricultural classes, but by monks, sailors, and artisans."
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"The Greek Cuisine". The Thorough Good Cook: A Series of Chats on the Culinary Art, and Nine Hundred Recipes (New York: Brentano's, 1896) pp. 1–2
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George Augustus Henry Sala
George Augustus Henry Sala (24 November 1828 – 8 December 1895) was an English journalist.
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