An old Greek saying, this bold invitation to consume our traditional fat implies that besides being healthy, olive oil is also supposed to have aphrodisiac properties(!)
Aglaia mou, These were the first words I heard when my lovely housekeeper (from Ikaria) took me to the Maroussi oil press in the fall of 1972. We had several olive trees on our beautiful little plot, as well as four fig trees, two almond trees, a couple of lemon trees and a frappa tree, all planted by my mother in law in the 1930s. I didn't know much Greek at the time so when we got home, Christina explained (in Greek of course) what he'd said, Fae ladi kai ela vradhi, and I've never forgotten it. Thanks for the memories. Of course, Maroussi doesn't even have an olive press anymore. I don't know if there is one in the northern suburbs, and I never heard it again when we took our olives to a primitive press on Andros 30 years ago.
So happy to remind you!
Aglaia mou, These were the first words I heard when my lovely housekeeper (from Ikaria) took me to the Maroussi oil press in the fall of 1972. We had several olive trees on our beautiful little plot, as well as four fig trees, two almond trees, a couple of lemon trees and a frappa tree, all planted by my mother in law in the 1930s. I didn't know much Greek at the time so when we got home, Christina explained (in Greek of course) what he'd said, Fae ladi kai ela vradhi, and I've never forgotten it. Thanks for the memories. Of course, Maroussi doesn't even have an olive press anymore. I don't know if there is one in the northern suburbs, and I never heard it again when we took our olives to a primitive press on Andros 30 years ago.