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March's Recipe:
Pan-Fried Manouri Cheese with Figs and Chios Mastiha Sauce

This recipe is essentially a variation of the classic Greek pan-fried cheese called Saganaki. Here, a mild, buttery, pressed sheep's milk cheese called manouri is used. If you can't find it, you may substitute ricotta salata.

Ingredients:
  • 4 medium fresh figs, cut into 4 wedges each
  • 500 ml dry red wine
  • 200 ml Mavrodafni wine
  • 1 tbsp Greek honey
  • 1/3 tbsp Green peppercorns
  • 1/2 tsp ground Chios Mastiha or 1/3 cup commercially infused Chios Mastiha water
For the pan-fried cheese:
  • 280 gr (10oz) manouri cheese, cut into 4 half circles
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour for dredging, or more as needed
  • 100 ml olive oil for sautéing

Preparation:

Bring the wines, honey, peppercorns to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat, add the fig wedges and simmer until the sauce is reduced by two-thirds. Skim the foam off the top of the sauce as it forms and discard. Add the Chios Mastiha water and continue simmering for one minute. Remove from heat. Fill a shallow bowl with cold water and empty the flour into another second bowl. Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Dip the cheese pieces first into the cold water then into the flour and panfry, two at a time, flipping once, until golden on both sides. Drain on kitchen paper and continue until all the cheese is sautéed. Serve the cheese pieces on individual plates or on a large platter, surrounded by the fig sauce.

Makes 4-6 first course servings.
 

Excerpts and Photography from: Chios Mastiha: More than 20 Great Recipes for the World's Healthiest Spice
Mastihashop Chios Mastiha Essential Oil 50g
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 March's Article
 The Properties & Uses of Mastiha


Historical and Folklore References


MEDICAL REMEDIES

Aretaeus, A physician from Cappadocia (2nd century CE), recommends a poultice of dates pulverized in wine together with mastiha and aloe to help the patient regain strength after a heart attack.

Ar-Razl (868-932 CE), a Persian philosopher and physician, considered himself the Islamic counterpart of Hippocrates. He prescribes a mixture of potter's clay and mastiha to fill decayed teeth as well as the chewing of mastiha as an appetite stimulant for pregnant women.

Abu Yusuf Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, a physician in 9th century in Baghdad, provides a formulat for an antidepressant "that makes those who drink it happy". It fortified the stomach, sweetened the breath, and aided the liver and contained rose oil, clove, valeriana, cinnamon, saffron, cardamom, hazel nuts and mastiha.

Abu Marwan' Abd al-Malik or Avenzoar was born in Seville in 1091. In his text, Kitab at-Taysir, he prescribes a preparation of licorice, raisins and mastiha for liver problems.

Gilbertus Anglicus (England, 13th century), in his Compendium Mediciane, mentions a nostrum for the spleen. He calls it diacerasus, and it contains cherry juice, cinnamon and mastiha.

Giovani di Vigo (1469-1525) was personal physician to Pope Julius II. In his book, Practica in Arte Chirurgia Copiosa, he provides an anti-itching formula for that contains egg white, linseed, black hellebore, poplar buds and mastiha powder, beaten in olive oil.

Philip Thicknesse, in 1777, published his book. In it he mentions a powder called "coloradilla", used by Spanish surgeons, which was made from Myrrh, mastic and cinnabar.

The Capuchin Balsam, formulated in Austrian monasteries, was made from mastiha, storax, terebinth, myrrh, walnut oil, angelica root, saffron, amber and sandalwood.

Lady Webster's Dinner Pills, one of the most popular laxatives of the 19th century, contained aloe, mastiha and rose-oil.

Mastisol, a solution of mastiha in benzol, was used in surgery as an antiseptic dressing sticker.

COSMETICS


Dioscorides (1st century BCE) notes that mastiha was used in facial masks, and for sweetening the breath and cleaning the teeth.

Aetius and Oribasius, personal physicians to the emperors Justinian and Julian the Apostate, prepared cosmetic creams and sunscreens using mastiha.

John Partridge (The Widowes Treasure, 1585), mentions an ointment that "heals chapped lips by wind and cold", which contains rose oil, beeswax, mastiha and frankincense.

In Manual de Mugeres (Manual for women), Spanish book of the 16th century, there is a formula for preparing soap with mastiha: two ounces white soap, one fourth mastiha, one eighth southernwood resin and one fourth borax.

Chypre Oiselets was a French formula from 1721 for a room deodorizer. It contained cypress resin, frankincense, storax, laundanum, mastiha, marjoram, cinnamon, clove, sandalwood and rose oil.

Francesco Placenca, "Mastiha is a stimulant that has a mysterious virtue and power to feed the pleasures of Venus and to arouse in a remarkable way the most somnolent and numbed aphrodisiac appetites."

Thomas McGill, the 18th century English traveler, writes, "Some say that mastiha maintains clean teeth. Others claim that it incites debauchery. I'm of the opinion that because women in Turkey don't enjoy the same freedom of speech that they do in Europe, they use mastiha to keep their jaws in motion..."

Hellenic Pharmacopoeia, published in Izmir in 1835, offers a formula for "scented lozenges", a kind of incense in tablet form. It contained frankincense, storax, laudanum and mastiha.

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MASTIHA BEAUTY CARE RECIPE:
Chios Mastiha Oil Deodorant

30ml witch hazel extract, 30ml aloe vera gel, 30ml mineral water, 1 tsp vegetable glycerine, 10 drops Chios Mastiha oil, 10 drops bergamot essential oil, 5 drops sage essential oil

Combine all ingredients stirring thoroughly and transfer deodorant into a bottle with a spray nozzle attachment. Shake very well before each use. If you will be exposed to the sun, replace bergamot with thyme essential oil, as the former increases the risk of sunburn.

 
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 Part VI - Macedonia: Winegrowing Country
     
  Though knowledge of winegrowing and winemaking came to Greece via Minoan Crete from Egypt and the Near East, the Greeks believed wine (oinos) was the discovery and gift of the god Dionysus, in whose honor orgiastic wine festivals were held. Poets, philosophers and artists not only sang the praises of wine, they also wrote treatises on winegrowing areas, the diseases of grapes, and the building of winemaking troughs, as well as descriptions of wines of specific quality and origin - and, of course, even in those days, wine imitations. Homer tells us that winegrowing was widespread throughout Greece and specifically mentions several places as being especially rich in grapes, so we know there were estates in Attica with 75 acres (30 hectares) of land given over to grapes. In the 4th century, Theophrastus already recognized the connection between the variety of grape, the composition of the soil, and the climatic conditions of each region. Taking cuttings and layering were recommended as a way of increasing the numbers of plants. Fork-shaped vine supports were considered usual and in many places the vines were allowed to grow up trees, but that made harvesting more difficult. Prostrate or bushy varieties, which did not need any support, were common. The grapes were usually pressed close to the vineyards, as people used their feet to trample the grapes in baskets standing in quite large troughs. Spindle presses did not come in until Roman times. Fermentation took place in large barrels, so-called pithoi, after which the wine was drawn off into amphorae. The wine was not usually filtered, so a strainer was an essential piece of equipment at a symposium. Altering the taste by adding ingredients such as resin was not only the result of chance, it was often quite deliberate. Even from the economic point of view, the growing of wine, which was labor-intensive compared with grains, was important. Many of the city-states stamped their coins with wine motifs, and potteries making amphorae for transporting wine flourished. The wine amphorae found all over the Mediterranean area, whose origins can be seen from their seals, bear witness to a busy trade in Greek wine.
 
 
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 Featured Destination
 Cyclades - Pholegandros (part 16 of 22)


GEOGRAPHY Between Sikinos (5 nautical miles) and Melos (15 nautical miles), Pholegandros has a surface area of 32 sq. km., 40 km. of coastline and is 105 nautical miles from Piraeus. Its capital is Pholegandros (Chora) with 567 inhabitants, mainly concentrated there but also in a few scattered hamlets. In the summer there is a daily link with Piraeus and regular connections with Paros, Naxos, Sikinos, los and Santorini and, less frequently, with Syros, Siphnos, Seriphos, Delos, Herakleion in Crete, the Dodecanese, Chios, Samos, Mytilene, Ikaria, Lemnos and Kavala. Local craft make trips to Sikinos and los during the summer season. A mountainous island (highest peak Aghios Eleftherios, 415 m. a.s.l.) with little provision for tourists, it is an ideal place for a restful vacation.



HISTORY
Karians are mentioned as the island's first settlers. They were succeeded by Phoenicians and then Cretans. In historical times it was colonized by Dorians, became a member of the Athenian League and under Roman rule was a place of exile. From 1207 till 1607 it was governed by the Gozzadini family, then it was captured by the Turks. It was pillaged by pirates many times.

SIGHTS-MONUMENTS Chora stands in an elevated position (200 m. a.s.l.) above the harbour and consists of the quaint old quarter around Kastro, the castle built by Marco Sanudo in 1212 which is architecturally very similar to those of Siphnos and Kimolos in which the external row of houses comprises the outer wall. Two of the entrances to the castle are preserved and three little churches. The more recent sector of the village is equally picturesque esque with its dazzling white houses, narrow streets and courtyards. On the northeast side of Chora, at Palaiokastro are remnants of fortifications and ruins of the ancient city. The church of the Virgin is actually built on part of the city wall. Further south is the Chrysospilia, a cave with stalagmites and stalactites, evidently used as a cult centre in antiquity but as yet unexplored. In the region of Ano Meria, on the northeast side of the island, there are traces of a small fortress at "Kastelli". Southwest of Ano Meria is the small bay of Aghios Georgios with a lovely beach. There are numerous tiny churches all over Pholegandros, most of them for private worship. One can swim at Karavostasis, the island's harbour and in Aghios Georgios bay north of Ano Meria, which one can reach in the local bus. Accommodation is available in rented rooms. 

Next month: The Islands of the Cyclades - Sikinos, Part 17 of 22


 March 2012 Greek Orthodox Calendar
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
        1
First Thursday in Lent

Eudokia the Martyr of Heliopolis

Andonina the New Martyr
2
First Friday in Lent

Hesychios the Martyr

Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas
3
First Saturday in Lent

Eutropios, Kleonikos, Vasiliskos, Zenos, & Zoilis the Martyrs

Theodoretos the Holy Martyr of Antioch
4
Sunday of Orthodoxy

Gerasimos the Righteous of Jordan

Paul & his sister Juliana and their Companions
5
2nd Monday of Lent

Konon the Gardener

Mark the Ascetic
6
2nd Tuesday of Lent

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia

Finding the Precious Cross by St. Helen
7
2nd Wednesday of Lent

The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus, Ephraim, Eugene, Capito, Aetherius, Agathodorus, and Elpidius

Lavrentios of Megara, the Righteous
8
2nd Thursday of Lent

Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea

Hermas the Apostle of the 70
9
40 Martyrs at Lake Sebaste

Caesarios the Righteous
10
Second Saturday in Lent

Kodratos the Martyr & his Companions

Anastasia of Alexandria
11
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

Sophronios, Patriarch of Jerusalem

Theodora the Righteous
12
3rd Monday of Lent

Theophanes the Confessor

Symeon the New Theologian
13
3rd Tuesday of Lent

Removal of the relics of Nicephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople

Pouplios the Martyr, Bishop of Athens
14
3rd Wednesday of Lent

Benedict the Righteous of Nursia

Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampasakos
15
3rd Thursday of Lent

Agapios the martyr & his Companions

Manuel the New Martyr of Crete
16
3rd Friday of Lent

Savinos the Martyr of Egypt

Christodoulos the Wonderworker of Patmos
17
Third Saturday of Lent

Alexios the Man of God

Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland
18
Sunday of the Holy Cross

Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem

Trophimos & Eukarpion, Monk-martyrs of Nicomedea
19
4th Monday of Lent

Chrysanthos & Daria the Martyrs

Demetrios the New Martyr
20
4th Tuesday of Lent

Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas

Saint Cuthbert the Wonderworker, Bishop of Lindisfarne
21
4th Wednesday of Lent

James the Confessor

Thomas I, Patriarch of Constantinople
22
4th Thursday of Lent

Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra

Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs
23
4th Friday of Lent

Nikon the Holy Martyr & his 200 Companion Martyrs

Anatolios & Protoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George
24
Fourth Saturday of Lent

Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos

Artemon the Presbyter
25
Annunciation of the Theotokos
26
5th Monday of Lent

Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel

26 Martyrs in Crimea
27
5th Tuesday of Lent

Matrona of Thessaloniki

Paul, Bishop of Corinth
28
5th Wednesday of Lent

Hilarion the New

Herodion the Apostle of the 70
29
5th Thursday of Lent

Mark, Bishop of Arethusa

Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him
30
5th Friday of Lent

John Climacus the Righteous, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent

Sosthenes Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, & Epaphroditos, the Apostles of the 70
31
5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn

Hypatios the Wonderworker

Innocent, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska

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