The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128493   Message #2877437
Posted By: George Papavgeris
01-Apr-10 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Easter Dinner 2010 - what's cookin'?
Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2010 - what's cookin'?
This year it coincides with the Orthodox Easter, and Easter Sunday is a big day for Greeks. I should be doing the traditional lamb on a spit, but with the weather the way it is in the UK I have abandoned such plans. Instead, the menu will consist of (in order of appearance):

red-dyed Easter eggs
smoked aubergine salad (melitzanosalata)
yoghurt/cucumber/garlic dip (tzatziki)
lettuce & spring onion salad
greek "village" salad (tomato/cucumber/onion/feta)
BBQed chicken drumsticks
BBQed lamp cutlets (paidakia)
leg of lamb with rosemary and garlic in the oven
greek lemon potatoes in the oven

and followed by

halva (semolina/milk/butter pudding)
loukoumades (golf-ball sized deep fried doughnuts with honey).

It will be all washed down with ouzo and retsina, although there will be other wines and beer and soft drinks available too.

Later there will be Greek coffee with tsoureki (sweet Easter bread).

Starting at 1pm, the Easter feast should last until 8 or 9 in the evening.