“Good porridge is the one that will make you remember it in the future and laugh”
With noodles and …noodles, the organic farmers of northern Greece will treat lovers and non-lovers alike, who, with their “weapon” of humor, have decided to set up a different Valentine’s Day celebration, which will have unrequited love at its core.
This different celebration, which aims to amuse even the most wounded by the arrows of the winged god Eros, will take place next Saturday (11/2), in the context of the Organic Producers’ Market, which has been set up for years now, every Saturday, in area next to the “Kodra” camp, in the municipality of Kalamaria.
During this different celebration, more than 300 pieces of organic noodles will be distributed free of charge to lovers and non-lovers, as well as organic noodles, which will be boiled by chef Giannis Katsantonis, in two large marmites (cauldrons) that will be set up on the spot.
In fact, Zachos Panidis, the well-known DJ of the erotic, but also for the wounded, repertoire will accompany all the visitors of the outdoor organic market with his music in their shopping and will also accept music orders!
“A good porridge is the one that will make you remember it in the future and laugh,” says Nikos Ioannou, the president of the Union of Organic Farmers of Northern Greece, to APE-MPE, with a touch of humor, adding that “in this very spirit, it was decided the setting up of this different celebration».
So, “we invite all lovers and non-lovers, but especially all those who have tasted “porridge pie” (in their love life)… to taste the one we will cook with organic raw materials”, underlines Mr. Ioannou, noting characteristically that “with good guys, the “porridge pie” is digested better! Both hot and cold».
It is noted that the celebration is held together with the Organization for the Management of the Organic Markets of Thessaloniki.
It is recalled that at the Organic Market of Producers, in the municipality of Kalamaria, where this different celebration will take place, more than 80 organic farmers are traditionally present, offering consumers all kinds of organic food: from fruits, vegetables, potatoes and pasta, eggs , legumes, herbs, mushrooms, to jams, wines and edible flowers.
In the meantime, those who visit the market next Saturday will also be able to find in the market the heart-shaped edible chocolates that have been available since last year by Nikos Ioannou and Lilian Koidou, who, with the vehicle “The Chilli Factor Organic Farm”, cultivate since 2007, on an area of ​​seven acres in the New Passengers of Thermaikos municipality, colorful edible flowers from all over the world and microgreens, original and “strange” organic vegetables, herbs and herbs.
“Each bite of the chocolates will reveal an edible flower,” says Ms. Koidou and notes that they will be filled with strawberry sauce and “of course, everything is prepared with organic raw materials». Among the edible flowers that have been “hidden” inside the chocolate creations, she says, include violas, sedums, marigolds, carnations, the “flower of the beautiful Helen”, the borage and the centaury, the herb that according to mythology who healed the centaur Chiron in the battle of the Titans, when Herakles struck him.
“In total we will be releasing 25 packs of chocolates and they will be filled with our spicy strawberry sauce and there will also be hot ones, the ones that look like pills filled with hot habanero pepper sauce“, emphasizes Mrs. Koidou.
The origin of the phrase “I ate porridge»
The origin of the phrase “I ate porridge”, according to Mr. Ioannou, can be traced back to the beginning of the 19th century and as strange as it may seem, it has a literal meaning. As he explains, at that time, medical science was not widespread and practical medicine dominated.
Many, who appeared as ..saviors, were in fact impostors or otherwise compogiannites. Etymologically, the word Komboiannites comes from the combination of the words Kompono, which means “to bind with magic” and Ioannitis from Ioannina.
The practical healers operating around the Vikos Ravine used roots and various herbs for their medicine and tied the dried herbs into handkerchiefs in the shape of a pouch or knot.
Thus, from the knots, they were called Compogiannites. Later, the term was popularized and used for all empirical “doctors”. Nenimos of Compogianni, in addition to the seriously ill, also healed those deeply in love. Especially those who had no response.
The “medicine” was a porridge made of wheat or wheat flour, with spices and herbs that was baked in the oven, which the lovers had to consume. “Thus it became established to say that anyone who fell in love without reciprocation had “eaten porridge” to get over the pain of love”, Mr. Ioannou points out.
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