|
Gastronomy and Shopping
 The ingredients used in the local cuisine are simple, genuine and natural.
All types of wild-growing vegetables and greens are consumed, either raw or
simply boiled and sprinkled with local olive-oil and freshly squeezed lemon
juice. Sheep and goats supply both their famous meat and rich dairy
products. Undoubtedly the most important ingredient of the local diet is the
local olive oil, which in combination with a traditional barley rusk and a
few olives often make a complete meal for the locals. The market of Rethymno
and the mountainous villages of Amari, Zoniana and Livadi provide a wide
variety of the local products, dairy products, myzethra, graviera, anthotiro
and fresh honey. The folk-art shops sell beautiful leather and bronze items,
wood-curved pieces, woven baskets and the famous embroideries and
woven-fabrics of Rethymno. In the streets of Rethymno there are antique
shops, herb shops (buy some "erondas" and fresh oregano), shops selling
myzethra, graviera, honey and raki, wine, olives, saucages and "xinochondro". |
