Historical Elements Wine is an integral part of the Greek legacy, customs and traditions, as well as nutrition. From 7000-6500 BC have been found the first elements that prove the use of grapes for the wine production. They come from Macedonia, from the land of the ancient Philippi, while many of the varieties we use…
History Sesame is considered to be one of the first plants that human used for his seeds and for seed products such as mashed seeds and sesame oil. Ancient Greeks named this oil “sesamon” and they used it as food and also for medicines production. Hippocrates emphasizes its high dietary value, Galenos uses it as…
History In the scripts of ancient writers such as Hippocrates, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Dioskourides, Galinos and others, we can find interesting information about mushrooms. This was their appreciation for them, which considered them the food of Gods and kings, equal to ambrosia. Aristotle considered the mushrooms enigmatic, Socrates noticed that they tend to reproduce very quickly…
History The mountain tea is one of the most adorable and popular herms of the Greek countryside that have consumed for centuries. Dioskorides calls this tea as “sidiritis”(iron ore) because his contemporaries believed that it was effective against wounds that caused from iron during a battle. Others believe that this name came up from the…
Mythology & History Mastic is called the aromatic natural resin. It is extracted from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia), which is cultivated in Chios. Mastic is used in food, medicine and industry. The history of Mastic is very old and can be brought back to the classical age. Many ancient writers, mentioned Mastic…
Mythology & History Ancient Greeks used honey from the very old times. Aristaios is the most ancient person in apiculture. According to the myth when he was born, was raised up eating nectar and ambrosia which made him immortal. This story proves the exist of apiculture in ancient Greece. In Crete, during the excavations in…
Mythology & History In the Ancient Greece the fig tree was sacred. Homer, talking about Odyssey, says that when he wanted to persuade his father, Laertis, that he was his son, he reminded him that he had received a gift with forty figs. The name of the tree comes from Titan Sikiea, whose mother Earth…
History Fava Santorinis is one of the most traditional products of Greek nature and maybe the most ancient nutritional commodity in the Greek land. Its raw material varies depending on the place of manufacture. In Greece it is produced from the legume lathuri. Lathuri is a type of fava. In Neolithic age, is cultivated in…
Mythology & History According to the myth, god Hermes had a friend whose name was “Crocus” and one day he injured him in his head. The blood went to a flower which was colored at three places. From here and then, called crocus. This flower, with the unique gifts, it is overtime used as a…
Mythology & History Olive is the tree that the Greeks worshiped since antiquity. According to Greek Mythology, the Goddess Athena donated to the Athenians the first olive tree in the world, which grew up where she struck her spear during the struggle between the gods to promote the protector of Athens. In the Olympic Games…
