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I lived in Greece in 1996 for almost 8 months. The food there is disgusting and very greasy; hence the name Greece. Lol. When it's not greasy, it's some cheaply made doughy thing. The only thing I liked was the fish, but be warned that it's served with the head though no one eats the head. In addition to restaurants, walking down the street is like one big nasty food court with lamb meat spinning around on a rotisserie and half the time there are flies buzzing around it. I lived off mousaka and this tapioca thing from the ice cream stores called Risolait. Oh, and there was a creperie down the street (mmmnn orange and chocolate crepes) thank goodness where I could get more civilized food. At least the unpalatable food there kept me from getting fat combined with the food poisoning I got my 2nd week there. The wait was so long at the public hospital that I fell asleep in the park across the street with my number in my hand. The md checked my vitals while smoking a cigarette. [/Good times.]



First off, you spent way too much fucking time there. One of my aunt's over there likes to say "Greece makes a wonderful lover, but a horrible wife." 3 weeks is the most I would spend. You need to actually talk to the people and find out what places to visit and where to eat. I was told to avoid Moussaka because it's usually made with the leftover meat from the day before. In general, stick with salad, fruit, and grilled meat (not from the rotisserie).

My family there usually does all the cooking, so I get to have some really great meals. The stuffed peppers are my favorite. Also something called stifado, which is meat in red-wine sauce with pearl onions. The homemade wine is fantastic too, especially if you let some fruit soak in it and then eat the fruit.

If you want to make Moussaka, try this recipe: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-moussaka It needs a bit of tinkering, but it's pretty good. Also, the best feta is Valbreso (it's actually French).

And English people are fucking disgusting. They get drunk, break bottles everywhere, puke all over the place, then fall on the broken glass.

By the way, did they try to take out your appendix when you had food poisoning? That's a common rip-off over there. Whatever you go in for, they try to give you some sort of unnecessary surgery. And everybody smokes. Before they banned it on airlines, the stewardesses used to smoke while serving food & drinks.
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