This recipe is a tribute to my grandfather on my mother’s side.
<br />I think that he created it based on a traditional greek recipe.
<br />My grandfather, a handsome man, widowed too young, at the age of 42 when my grandmother passed away at the age of 33.
<br />She suddenly died leaving him alone with seven kids.
<br />Yes, when that tragedy happened they already had seven children, five girls and two boys, of which the oldest was 14 years old.
<br />Given that he never remarried, he had to take care of his children all alone.
<br />I don’t know how good cook he was before the loss of his wife, but after her death he became an excellent one.
<br />At that time he was working as civil servant, but eventually he quit his job and opened a small cafe next to his home. I suppose that this allowed him to take better care of his children.
<br />Unfortunately, I don’t remember him at all. I was three years old when he died.
<br />I do not also know if somewhere in Greece someone cooks this dish, even in the same area where my grandfather had lived.
<br />?one of those to whom I have spoken about this recipe does know it.
<br />So, this recipe is something that passes like a heritage through the generations in our family.
<br />However, the fact is that as many times as I’ve cooked the dish for friends, may no one of them knows it, but everyone loves it.

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