What To Do But Eat

 When it's cold, stir up the fire, put on a pot of something, eat and drink.

We didn't get snow in the end,  just a couple of flurries but Athens was covered in thick snow and still is in the outer suburbs.

The Acropolis and Parthenon covered in snow

 

Lunch was fark-ess.  Lentils to you.

I ate half, obviously, before remembering to take the photo

I made a cheese pie to accompany the lentil soup.

Some traditional people don't like to eat them 'orphaned'.

We could have accompanied them with smoked mackerel or some salted sardines but there were none in the cupboard and we weren't going shopping.

If we had eaten mackerel, regga to us, then it would have looked like this when we bought it, preferably with that big fat roe that is hanging out the side of this mackerel.  It needs to be skinned, de-boned and cut into small pieces which are marinated in olive oil and lemon juice

I also made a banana cake with a couple of overipe bananas.  Traditional people do not eat black bananas.

Cooking and eating passed the time. We had power, we had water, we had a pile of wood to throw on the fire. All was well.

Today, Wednesday, the sun is shining. Athens still has major problems in some areas. We watch endless weather reports on our television and get back to normal, doing a load of washing, taking a walk, inspecting the garden and preparing a shopping list to restock the cupboards.