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Food
is a ritval which accosted with a local appetising wine can sustain
the nostalgia of traditional tastes.
Frutalia
An omelette
with homemade ingredients : eggs, sliced potatoes, herbs-mainly pepermint,
slices of
homemade sausage, all together fried in glina, in pork fat.
Volaki
Sun-dried
cheese. It is hard and salty.
Kopanisti
Spicy cheese
left to malt inside sheepskins.
Armexia
or Hloro
Soft cheese,
rather saltless, it is eaten freshly made.
Lampriatis
Stuffed lamp
usually served on Easter Day. The stuff is made of a variety of cheeses,
eggs,
herbs-mainly
peppermint. The stuffed lamb is roasted and served with potatoes.
Home Meat
The local
production of meat ( goat, lamb, pork, veal and beef ) fully suffices the
needs of
the island.
Since thw animals are fed on salty grass and are free to graze around,
their meat
is exceptionally
tasty.
Homemade
Sausage
Sausages are
made of animal intenstines filled with pork meat and fat cut in cubes.
They
are left to
dry and be smoked near a fire.
Fish in
Marinade
Thiw
is a local recipe. Andros women after frying the fish marinaded them in
vinegar
and next floured
them to retain their taste.
Hirosfagia
It is the
name of the ritual of the pig slaughter. In villages every family breeds
and is
fed by a pig
which iw slaughtered sometime between October and December every year.
That day,
every villager is invited and takes part in the slaughter, the rinsing
of the pig
and the making
og the sausages. It is a day celebrated with eating, singing and dancing.
Wine
Liasto
: homemade wine, produced with the mountainous grapes of Sineti,
Kohilou and
Vouni. The grapes are left underthe sun for 10 - 15 days and
are then squashed
to must. The wine manufactured this way is usually rose
or red and
varies from day to sweet.
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Anastasia
Traditional guest house
Market
: local products ( fruits, vegetables, honey, cheese, animal meat and fish
)
Working
hours :
Banks
: Monday to Friday, 8am - 2pm
Shops
: In summer they are open 8am - 12pm. In winter they are open Monday -
Wednesday - Saturday 8am - 3pm and Tuesday - Thursday - Friday 8am - 2pm
and 5pm - 8pm.
Museums
: Opening hours vary according to museum.
Archaeological Collection of Paleopolis
Archaeological Museum of Andros : 23664
Museum of Modern Art : 22650 - 22444
Petros & Maria Kydonieos' Institute : 24598
Maritime Museum
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Anastasia
Traditional guest house
At
the terminal of Gavrio Harbor one can make reservations to rent
a car or bike
throughout the year.
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