What Greek People Eat

This week I started my research by talking to my Greek pen pal over Facebook. I was asking him for recipes from the area he lives in. At least that is what I was trying to ask him. What he thought I was asking was what does he personally likes to eat. He apparently likes to eat Omelette's and drink Whiskey. He had a really hard time understanding what I meant by “Greek Dishes”. When I told him that an omelet is not really Greek he basically asked me who decided that. The best thing about this week was just thinking about why I think some dishes are Greek. I have to wounder if that is just a American mentality to divide dishes into groups, or to imagine Europeans as purely Greek or English in everything they do. It also forces me to try to figure what I decide it Greek and what is not.  So in celebration of Europeans not just eating “native” dishes this week I made an omelet.  Drinking Whiskey along with it is optional but recommended.

This recipe like all the recipes on this blog was made by someone who knew what they are doing and not by myself. If you like to read the original recipe click here.

Greek Omelet

by: HICKEYSUZ

Minutes to Prepare: 15 Minutes to Cook: 10 Number of Servings: 3 Ingredients 1 tsp olive oil 1/4 cup onions, diced 3 T of both red and green peppers, diced 4 black olives, remove pits and cut in chunks

1/2 large tomato, diced 1/2 T dried basil 2 eggs, whole 2 egg whites 1/4 c water 3 T Feta

Directions

Saute onions and peppers in oil. Add tomatoes and olives. Beat eggs and egg whites together with 1/3 cup of water. Add to vegetable mixture

Sprinkle with dried or fresh basil. Cover and cook on medium to low heat for approximately 5 minutes.

Add feta cheese and either continue to cook as is (until egg is set) or flip in half to form traditional omelet.

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