The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #82472   Message #1514504
Posted By: George Papavgeris
03-Jul-05 - 01:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Postcard from Alonissos 2005
Subject: RE: BS: Postcard from Alonissos 2005
Most Greeks wouldn't recognise them anyway, and they don't eat them (fools). They are considered a "last resort" green. Reputedly, they were what Lord Byron had to eat as his last meal in Messolonghi during the blockade in 182x (3?); they'd finished the cats and dogs by then and the only thing left to eat was armyrikia. As a result of the pure armyrikia diet, many got dysentery, and I am sure it did not help Byron's condition. But a side salad of them next to your main course...aahhh!