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Dhavlos
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FLAOUNES! 'tis the season people!
enjoy! lol
oh my god, my mum made a batch on monday , and we have about 30 flaounes, im taking as many as i can carry back to brum! THey are soooooo good!
Who else loves their flaounes?! |
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brother
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| What are they Dhavlos, can't put my finger on them or is it pillauna as we know it, triangle or square in shape with the middle full of cheese. |
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Alexios
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| What are they Dhavlos, can't put my finger on them or is it pillauna as we know it, triangle or square in shape with the middle full of cheese. |
Yes Bro, this is exactly what they are. In Paphos we have a variation, where mixed with the cheese filling we also put lamb's meat or pork.They are called baskia or embaskia. My mother told me an interesting story told by her grandfather, where a christian villager sent a baskia to the aga of Chrysochou and by mistake he sent him one with pork.The aga ate almost half of it until he realized that part of the filling was a pig,s ear!! )
Apparently he loved the stuff and requested his wife to learn to make the baskia with pork... |
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brother
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| Alexios wrote: |
| brother wrote: |
| What are they Dhavlos, can't put my finger on them or is it pillauna as we know it, triangle or square in shape with the middle full of cheese. |
Yes Bro, this is exactly what they are. In Paphos we have a variation, where mixed with the cheese filling we also put lamb's meat or pork.They are called baskia or embaskia. My mother told me an interesting story told by her grandfather, where a christian villager sent a baskia to the aga of Chrysochou and by mistake he sent him one with pork.The aga ate almost half of it until he realized that part of the filling was a pig,s ear!!)
Apparently he loved the stuff and requested his wife to learn to make the baskia with pork... |
Then if that is the case i LOVE them, when i fancy one i go to a bakery in Barnet run by a couple of Greek Cypriot ladies and buy it from there, they make it the best unlike Yasar Halim who seems to have lost the plot when it comes to making them. |
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Leyla
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..Warm pillauna...mnnnmm...stop it guys...!! Hey, let's order a batch and all meet up for coffee/tea at around 11am? I'll get the kettle on .. 
Brother - have you ever tried Aroma in Palmers Green? They do the best bulgur kofte as well |
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brother
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| Leyla wrote: |
..Warm pillauna...mnnnmm...stop it guys...!! Hey, let's order a batch and all meet up for coffee/tea at around 11am? I'll get the kettle on ..
Brother - have you ever tried Aroma in Palmers Green? They do the best bulgur kofte as well |
I remember when aroma first opened in 1998 and was this little shop and my wife was pregnant and whenever she would pass by the Greek Cypriot ladies would stop her for a chat and feed her loads and send her away with a bag full of stuff and never accepted any kind of payment ever, hence my daughter has not one birth mark/leke on her. |
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bapoo
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| brother wrote: |
| Leyla wrote: |
..Warm pillauna...mnnnmm...stop it guys...!! Hey, let's order a batch and all meet up for coffee/tea at around 11am? I'll get the kettle on ..
Brother - have you ever tried Aroma in Palmers Green? They do the best bulgur kofte as well |
I remember when aroma first opened in 1998 and was this little shop and my wife was pregnant and whenever she would pass by the Greek Cypriot ladies would stop her for a chat and feed her loads and send her away with a bag full of stuff and never accepted any kind of payment ever, hence my daughter has not one birth mark/leke on her. |
Andro and Maria who own Aroma are friends of mine and you could not meet two nicer people, just don't go in there hungry you will come out with half the shop. They have opened their 3rd shop now in Stroud Green Road, well worth a visit. |
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Dhavlos
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Can they open one in croydon please!
i cant be travelling up to north london, every time i want some cypriot bread/pastries/cakes  ! |
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CY
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| flaounes, yummy! I think my yiayia just made some today |
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brother
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| bapoo wrote: |
| brother wrote: |
| Leyla wrote: |
..Warm pillauna...mnnnmm...stop it guys...!! Hey, let's order a batch and all meet up for coffee/tea at around 11am? I'll get the kettle on ..
Brother - have you ever tried Aroma in Palmers Green? They do the best bulgur kofte as well |
I remember when aroma first opened in 1998 and was this little shop and my wife was pregnant and whenever she would pass by the Greek Cypriot ladies would stop her for a chat and feed her loads and send her away with a bag full of stuff and never accepted any kind of payment ever, hence my daughter has not one birth mark/leke on her. |
Andro and Maria who own Aroma are friends of mine and you could not meet two nicer people, just don't go in there hungry you will come out with half the shop. They have opened their 3rd shop now in Stroud Green Road, well worth a visit. |
Agreed, they are very nice ladies and even when i went to the shop and they learnt who my wife was ( i thanked them for the kindess they have shown her as mrs brother was new to the UK and had no friends) they would always send a seperate parcel to her from them and i hope they open another 100 shops, well done to them.
They truely display our real cypriotness through their kindness. |
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brother
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| CY wrote: |
| flaounes, yummy! I think my yiayia just made some today |
Send me some please. |
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Gardash
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| One thing to thank the French for! |
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Dhavlos
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Crash Test Dummy
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| the french? why? |
They Created a Football Genius
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Dhavlos
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| we're talking bout flaounes...what the hell u talking about ?!!? |
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