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GoldenDelicious
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ok, best bread i ate was on an island in the greek dodecanese, they would take it out of the oven fresh and hot as hell, throw them on one of those motorised tricycles that they all drive up in those mountain villages, and then stop at all the crossroads on the islands, tooting their weird horns, so that people would come out of their houses and buy a loaf or 3 (they also did this with milk, water, fish, vegetables etc, it was great, since they knew what fat bastards we were and stopped specially in front of our house there 
anyway, it was great, broad loaves about a foot long, wrapped in paper, sweet white with a hint of aniseed (i think) that butter would melt right on to, i would regularly eat a whole loaf on my own (given that you would buy a loaf for 80 drachmas, which is about 60 cents AU, or 45c US, and it made me feel...full. and very fat. which i was, at the time
anyway, it was great, broad loaves about a foot long, wrapped in paper, sweet white with a hint of aniseed (i think) that butter would melt right on to, i would regularly eat a whole loaf on my own (given that you would buy a loaf for 80 drachmas, which is about 60 cents AU, or 45c US, and it made me feel...full. and very fat.
which i was, at the time 
GoldenDelicious said:ok, best bread i ate was on an island in the greek dodecanese, they would take it out of the oven fresh and hot as hell, throw them on one of those motorised tricycles that they all drive up in those mountain villages, and then stop at all the crossroads on the islands, tooting their weird horns, so that people would come out of their houses and buy a loaf or 3 (they also did this with milk, water, fish, vegetables etc, it was great, since they knew what fat bastards we were and stopped specially in front of our house there
anyway, it was great, broad loaves about a foot long, wrapped in paper, sweet white with a hint of aniseed (i think) that butter would melt right on to, i would regularly eat a whole loaf on my own (given that you would buy a loaf for 80 drachmas, which is about 60 cents AU, or 45c US, and it made me feel...full. and very fat.
GREAT!!!! Local, time honored, love filled bread just plain kicks the shit out of imitations, regardless of how well executed in no small part because you are at the source. Makes a huge difference. Mental set and setting.
Did you do this bread for breakfast? wine with it? Sounds like student on vacation partying with his mates surviving on local goodies, priceless.
Sigmund Roid
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US bread sucks, it is loaded with trans fats and sugar and tastes like horse dung. Go to Europe, (yes GD, dodeca bread is good), and eat some natural hard crusted bread with little nuts and seeds on them which is tender on the inside.
Sigmund Roid said:
Siggy, that is total horseshite. There are fantastic regional breads all over the US and some of the very best bread in the world is coming out of honest bakeries like RockHill.... I have lived in four european countries, and yes, you have a very good point that much less packaged shit bread is consumed there, but not every american stuffs themselves with WonderCrap.
You need to speak from experience and generalize a little less. There are treasures and dung heaps in every culture.
GoldenDelicious
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as i recall, they would come more than once (at least, to our houseChefWide said:
) and so yes, we had it for breakfast sometimes, smeared with butter, over coffee, or during the day coated with olive oil, mashed tomatoes, and salt (im sure youve tried this sometime, chef) or in a super footlong mega sandwich we would take to the beach (where we would go everyday), or at night plain, with whatever mezethes (finger food style of eating common in greece, chopped savories, vegetables, grilled metas and salad). youre right, the bread was a highlight, rather than an accompaniment, when we were there. it was great 
i didnt drink wine at the time, but some of us liked that traditional dry greek wine called retsina. all the australians around here call it rats piss, and i kind of agree, its awful
im going to be back there in half a year, chef, its going to be mad
the euro is going to kill me though
GoldenDelicious said:as i recall, they would come more than once (at least, to our house
i didnt drink wine at the time, but some of us liked that traditional dry greek wine called retsina. all the australians around here call it rats piss, and i kind of agree, its awful
im going to be back there in half a year, chef, its going to be mad
the euro is going to kill me though
Aye, the euro is good from my current perspective, but way the hell to strong for travelers needs... I have some old and great friends in Athens and in Mikonos if your itinerary ever drags you there... some truely great folks that know how to live life... PM me when the time comes, no shit.
GoldenDelicious
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chef, i might...even though i have to avoid as many people as i can in greece, since im related to half of them, and theyll no doubt suck me into dining with them every night, and bore the hell out of meChefWide said:
also, i hate putting people out, but ill certainly drop by mikonos if i can 
my plan this time is simple: im going to fairly well live on protein powder and grilled meat, train fiercly in the morning, work on my tan at the beach after that, reading books etc with the occasional scuba/snorkelling etc, then rage all night, applying the principle of a pub crawl to the hot foreign tourists that descend on the islands every year
i figure the euro isnt going to hit me too badly, but still, back in the days of the drachma, you would buy the nicest little yiros for 100 drachs (70 cents AU, or about 50c US) hieneken for 150, entry into a club plus a double sized drink was 500 drachs...i mean, really, you just didnt care how much things cost, it was so stupidly cheap from a travellers perspective
when did you go, chef? or have your mates moved there from wherever it was that you met them?
wowee im getting excited
GoldenDelicious said:chef, i might...even though i have to avoid as many people as i can in greece, since im related to half of them, and theyll no doubt suck me into dining with them every night, and bore the hell out of me
my plan this time is simple: im going to fairly well live on protein powder and grilled meat, train fiercly in the morning, work on my tan at the beach after that, reading books etc with the occasional scuba/snorkelling etc, then rage all night, applying the principle of a pub crawl to the hot foreign tourists that descend on the islands every year
i figure the euro isnt going to hit me too badly, but still, back in the days of the drachma, you would buy the nicest little yiros for 100 drachs (70 cents AU, or about 50c US) hieneken for 150, entry into a club plus a double sized drink was 500 drachs...i mean, really, you just didnt care how much things cost, it was so stupidly cheap from a travellers perspective
when did you go, chef? or have your mates moved there from wherever it was that you met them?
wowee im getting excited
We all met in new york years ago when they were there for school, I knew one of the guys from Georgetown... we have partied in paris and points south but I have yet to make it to Mikonos... my loss in a serious way.... my closest friend of the bunch runs some clubs and restaurants there... worth looking him up, you will be poluted when Vangeli gets through with you, guaranteed.
GoldenDelicious
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ok now we're talkingChefWide said:
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