olives, olives, and grape leaves
dried favas, olives, eggs, cheese
snails!
some of the most beautiful squash blossoms I've ever seen
green and black figs
LOOK at those colors! fripping gorgeous
the old cretan lady that tried to converse with us in greek
prickly pear! it is literally all over Crete. they surprisingly only eat the fruit and not the cactus leaves
peeled prickly pear
some sheep's milk cheese
kzynohodros! the fermented milk and grain product we were researching
cheery tomatoes and beans
mini pears!
the wild greens that grow all over the island. though they are actually weeds, the Cretans have harvested them for millenia. these are the cooked down greens that grace my favorite green pies!
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