Paphos People

The cypriots across the road are baking bread in their clay oven, the cypriots to the side of us are cooking souvlaki and we are invited to both of their houses and tomorrow we have been invited to fly kites and share food and drinks. STUFF ENGLAND.

Oh for the life in Cyprus eh

Wait until they kill a pig in the backyard and then bring part of it for you, this is what happened in our house owners backyard, 1/2 hour later a full shoulder of pork in our fridge.
This all took place in 1966 when we lived amongst the Cypriots in Limassol, melons grapes all sorts of friut etc used to turn up on our doorstep. We still visit with the family.

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John S

They may even put a sheep's head on the table if they are very traditional.

But tomorrow it will be vegetarian. Strict Greek Orthodox don't eat animals or animal products from now until Easter.

Verity.

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Verity.

Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

http://coecyp.blogspot.com

Robindog - sounds great.

Spare a thought for us poor folks still stuck in the UK won't you

Enjoy Green Monday everyone

Julie x

Hi.

A few years ago our neighbours kept a sheep in a cage in their garden for a few days, when it came to the day of the 'business' I called the police. The kids in the neighbourhood where all gathering around to watch the guy slit it's throat. I was so upset. The police said it was the tradition! Surely not in the front garden though?
Married to a Cypriot I have seen allsorts at the dinner table or should I say 'trough' (spelling?) ladies who think they are it sucking on fishes eyes, skulls, eating ink fish whilst talking(shouting I meaning) and laughing and the ink dripping down their chin. I suppose I know now why he calls me 'royalty!'


Jill

Jill your so descriptive I feel as if I'm there The first yr we were here in CY our neighbour --Cypriot-- did a similar thing but with a baby pig -- I could here this squealing noise so had a nosy over the fence --and this noise was coming from the cellar. I could here this for a day or two then it stopped --not thinking any more about it until I saw it on the spit over the fire. Served me right for being nosy I suppose. I dont live there now but Jill your story brought it back. Marj

There are piglets over Lara. I guess their days are numbered. They have until Easter to enjoy their freedom.

Verity.

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Verity.

Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

http://coecyp.blogspot.com

I suppose because they believe that animals don't have souls then it could be easier to slaughter them for food.

I prefer to buy my meat from the butcher or whatever and not think too much about the animal when it was alive.

Fish eyes and ink and skulls?

Sounds like something out of that 'I'm a Celebrity'programme.

Pam

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Pam

Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans

Ah well,

at least the price of pork and all the other meats available will go down in price over the next few weeks! Not that it isn't cheap enough already

Just before our first Christmas here, we were quite bewildered one morning to find a goose and a turkey paddling in a puddle after very heavy rain, just opposite where we lived. The owners of the house had obviously got them in for Christmas...

We were faced with a predicament. What did we do? Leave them where they were with the chance of being run over by a car coming up the street or shoo them back to the safety of their back garden???

We did the best thing and herded them back to their pen at the back of the neighbours house (meanwhile both me and Clem were in our pj's running round in the street in the rain).

For the next few weeks, everytime it rained - both turkey & goose would end up escaping and paddling in the puddle - until we realised only the goose was paddling! Oh hell - they'd obviously eaten poor turkey

I was sorely tempted to do a runner with goose and hide him till Easter had been and gone. If we hadn't had a dog who used to sit on the edge of his chair arm by the window, watching the damn thing everytime it rained - I'm sure he would have ended up at our house.

Luckily, they didn't repeat the process the following Christmas. I'm hoping perhaps their young children maybe didn't like killing & eating something they had fed and petted over a couple of months...

It certainly makes you look differently at things here

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Regards
Shell