PORTARIA, Thessaly, Greece
LOCAL PRODUCTS OF PELIION
HERBS AND TEA:
I want to start with the most popular fruit of Pelion
. This is 'fyriki'. It is a type of small apple cultivated in the villages of Pelion. This specific apple makes a nice spoon sweet.
The gathering of different herbs is another popular activity of locals here and you can find them in open markets mostly at the bit Squares of the different Villages.
There are several Women Co-operative establishments throughout Pelion where herbs and teas and different home-made jams and sweets are on sale.
AN ABUNDANCE OF FRUIT:
A FRUIT PARADISE!
Depending on the season the visitor finds fruit of excellent quality and taste. If you are up here for instance in May you will find apricots and plums.
If you love cherries it is better to visit Pelion in mid June
. There are two kinds of cherries –the usual black and the white-orangish mostly used for desserts.
Are you fond of peaches or nectarines? Then come around the middle of July, and one or two weeks later expect to taste plums and pears.
The whole of July and early August the mulberry trees are producing in quantity. I love mulberries but I don’t pick them anymore as I am scared that they leave stain on the clothes and everywhere they fall.
Do you wonder what I do here when I am out for a stroll on the mountains these days? I pick black raspberries from bushes daily. I have come across a lady one day selling them for €5 a kilo but I love picking them myself. I think it is fun to pick them fresh as they are each day. They are huge and succulent. Mind you, I prefer to have them as a fruit and I manage to have a bowl of them every single night. (marmalade has lots of calories)
Figs are ready around mid of August and these give way to grapes and apples. I see apple trees landed with apples when we are out but apples are not yet ripe. Out of curiosity I asked some locals and I was told that they will start picking them the first week of September.
Pelion is the main apple growing area in the country and ZAGORA apples are among the best in the world with a sealed recognition by the European Union.
Kiwi is another fruit that grows well in Greece but it takes longer to ripen out here –not before November.
Local Products of Pelion
Monday, July 22, 2013
PORTARIA, Thessaly, Greece
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