THE SEVEN DAYS OF JOSH MURRΑΥ IN KYTHIRA DAY 4 ''COOKING''

''..The Yai Ya (they seem to run this town) at till number one would snap you in half if you tried to pilfer. Isle after isle I inspected jars of sticky sour cherries, vanilla flavoured sugar paste (ugh), almond and sesame halva, triple cream local honey infused yoghurt, freshly baked sesame dipped dry breads, sardines and anchovies in kalamatas and olive oil, and fetta cheese… beautiful local fetta cheese… moist without being Danishly creamy, salted to taste rather than kill a small horse. And then there’s the frozen seafood. Only in Greece will you find a whole small dog sized Octopus wrapped in plastic and shoved in with the artichoke hearts and broadbeans – like some creature from Ripley’s Alien ready to jump your face, waiting to be thawed, sliced, fried and devoured at the next family gathering..'' 

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