November's Recipe:
Kota Kapama
(Chicken Stewed in Wine,
Garlic, and Cinnamon)
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Ingredients: |
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1 chicken (2
1/2 - 3 lbs) |
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1 tsp. ground cinnamon |
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2
tsp. kosher salt |
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1
tsp. fresh ground black pepper |
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5
cloves garlic |
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2 Tbs/ extra-virgin
olive oil |
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4 c. coarse-chopped yellow onion |
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1/2
c. dry white wine |
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2
c. water |
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One 6-ounce tomato paste |
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1/2 c. grated Myzithra
cheese |
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1. Pat the
chicken pieces dry with paper towels so they don't
spatter in the pan. Mix the cinnamon, salt, and
pepper together in a small bowl and rub the chicken
pieces on all sides with the mixture. Mince 3 of the
garlic cloves and set aside.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large, deep,
nonaluminum skillet over high heat. A 12-inch
skillet with sides about 3 inches high will allow
you to brown all the chicken pieces at once. If you
don't have a skillet large enough, brown the chicken
in 2 batches, using I tablespoon of oil for each
batch. Don't crowd the pieces in the pan or the
chicken will steam rather than brown.
3. Add the chicken to the skillet and brown
for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, shifting the pieces
with a metal spatula so the chicken doesn't stick to
the skillet. When the pieces are nicely browned on
all sides, remove from the pan and set aside.
4. Reduce the heat to medium-high and add the onions
and minced garlic. Cook for about 3 minutes,
stirring constantly, until the onions have softened
and are a rich golden brown. Add the wine and scrape
the bottom of the pan with a spatula or spoon to
deglaze, loosening any browned bits.
5. When the wine has evaporated, add the water,
tomato paste, and remaining 2 whole garlic cloves.
Return the chicken to the pan. The liquid should
cover about three quarters of the chicken. Reduce the
heat to low, cover skillet with a lid, and simmer
for about I hour, or until the chicken is tender and
thoroughly cooked. (If the sauce becomes too thick,
thin it with a little more water.) Taste and adjust
the seasoning.
*Goes
great over homemade buttered noodles or rice! |
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Excerpts from:
"Cat
Cora's Kitchen", by Cat Cora |
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 The
Turkish cavalry
presented a magnificent spectacle as it cantered along the
waterfront. The horsemen sat high in their saddles, their
scimitars unsheathed and glinting in the sun. On their heads
they wore black Circassian fezzes adorned with the crescent and
star. As they rode, they cried out Korkma! Korkma! "Fear not!
Fear not!" There were dark predictions of a return to the days
of old, when conquering Islamic armies were sanctioned three
days of pillage following the capture of a resisting city. Yet
there had been no resistance to the Turkish army and few
inhabitants could really believe that their city would meet with
such a fate. Smyrna had long been celebrated as a beacon of
tolerance—home to scores of nationalities with a shared outlook
and intertwined lives. Little wonder that the Americans living
here had named their colony Paradise; life here was remarkably
free from prejudice and many found it ironic that they had to
come to the Islamic world to find a city that had none of the
bigotry so omnipresent at home. What happened over the two
weeks that followed must surely rank as one of the most
compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Innocent
civilians—men, women, and children from scores of different
nationalities—were caught in a humanitarian disaster on a
scale that the world had never before seen. |
English
Paradise Lost:
Smyrna 1922, by Giles Milton (in English)
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Greek
Paradise Lost:
Smyrna 1922, by Giles Milton (in Greek)
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"Milton draws on eyewitness
accounts to render these events in all their horror, and ends
with an almost incredible rescue led by an unlikely hero. Milton
powerfully renders this tragic tale of an army that came to
liberate Smyrna and instead massacred its citizens and burned
their prize to the ground in a vengeful frenzy."
— Publishers Weekly |
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The
process of making olive oil soap has remained almost unchanged for
thousands of years. Millstone wheels
grind the olive and their stones
into a pulp, which is then piled
onto filters in thin layers and
pressed with increasing pressure,
then the oil is separated from
the water. Visitors to the Cretan
Olive Museum at Kapsaliana can still
admire the historical devices
from the 19th century, but mechanical mills have dispensed with
the horses and donkeys; hydraulics
has replaced manpower at the screw
press, and is being superseded in
its turn by centrifugal force.People were aware of the value of
the olive tree from very early on. According
to mythology, when both Athena and Poseidon
wanted to assume the patronage of Athens,
the Olympian gods were swayed by an olive
branch. When both candidates were asked to
present the city with a gift representing
something most useful, the divine jurors
found Athena's olive tree won hands down
over Poseidon's saltwater spring.
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November
2008 Greek Orthodox Calendar |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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1
Cosmas & Damianos the Holy Unmercenaries &
their mother Theodota
Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn
David the Righteous of Evia
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5th Sunday of Luke
Akindynos, Pegasios, Aphthonios, Elpidephoros, &
Anempodistos of Persia
Domnina, Domna, & Kyriaki, the Martyrs |
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Monday of the 7th Week
Acepsimas the Bishop, Joseph the Presbyter, &
Aeithalas the Deacon, Martyrs of Persia
Dedication of the Temple of the Holy Great
Martyr George in Lydia
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Tuesday of the 7th Week
Ioannikos the Great
Nikandros, Bishop of Myra |
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Wednesday of the 7th Week
Galaktion & his wife Episteme, the Martyrs of
Emesa
Patrobos, Gaios, Hermas, Linos, & Philologos,
Apostles of the 70 |
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Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of
Constantinople |
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Friday of the 7th Week
33 Martyrs of Melitene
Lazarus the Wonderworker |
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Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other
Bodiless Powers: Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel,
Salaphiel, Jegudiel, & Barachiel |
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7th Sunday of Luke
Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis
Onesiphoros and Porphyrios of Ephesus |
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Monday of the 8th Week
Erastos, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipatros, Quartus,
Tertios, Apostles of the 70
Holy Father Arsenius of Cappadocia
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Tuesday of the 8th Week
Menas of Egypt
Saint Victor and Stephanie |
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Wednesday of the 8th Week
John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria
Nilus the Ascetic of Sinai |
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John Chrysostom, Archbishop of
Constantinople
Damaskinos the New Martyr of Mount Athos |
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Philip the Apostle
Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki
Holy Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra |
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Saturday of the 8th Week
Gurias, Samonas, & Avivos, Martyrs & Confessors
of Edessa
Thomas, Archbishop of Constantinople |
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Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist |
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Monday of the 9th Week
Gregory the Wonderworker & Bishop of
Neo-Caesarea
Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople
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Tuesday of the 9th Week
Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra
Holy Martyr Romanus |
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Wednesday of the 9th Week
Obadiah the Prophet
Barlaam of Caesarea |
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Thursday of the 9th Week
The Forefeast of the Presentation of the
Theotokos into the Temple
Gregory the Righteous of Decapolis |
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The Entrance of the Theotokos into the
Temple |
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Saturday of the 9th Week
Archippus the Apostles,Philemon the Apostle &
his wife, Apphia, Onesimos the Disciple of Paul
Holy Martyr Cecilia and Those with Her
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9th Sunday of Luke
Amphilochios, Bishop of Iconium
Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum |
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Monday of the 10th Week
Our Holy Father Clement, Pope of Rome
Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria |
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Katherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria
Apodosis of the Presentation of the Theotokos
into the Temple
Mercurios the Great Martyr of Caesarea in
Cappadocia
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Wednesday of the 10th Week
Alypios the Stylite of Adrianopolis
St. Nicon Metanoeite |
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Thursday of the 10th Week
James the Great Martyr of Persia
Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios of Egypt, the
Righteous |
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Friday of the 10th Week
Stephen the New
Irenarchos & his Companion Martyrs at Sebaste |
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Saturday of the 10th Week
Paramonus, Philumenus, and their 370 Companion
Martyrs in Bithynia
Our Righteous Father Nicholas, Archbishop of
Thessolonica |
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Andrew the First- Called Apostle
Froumentios, Archbishop of Abyssina
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