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Authors: Lawrence Durrell
Raki. Distilled from raisins. Alcoholic.
Salepi. Tea made from bulbs. Excellent. Swamp orchis provides the bulbs.
Retsina. Resinated wine. Turpentine flavour. Very good with meals but not for solitary drinking or parties.
Mastika. Mastic liquor.
Dishes to Experiment With
Whitebait Fried with Lemon.
Ask for “Marides”.
Pipe Fish Fried with Rice.
Ask for “Vellanida”.
Cuttlefish with Sauce.
Ask for “soupya”.