{"id":2978,"date":"2023-12-15T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/2023\/12\/15\/greek-customs-and-honey\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T08:51:23","slug":"greek-traditions-and-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/2023\/12\/15\/greek-traditions-and-honey\/","title":{"rendered":"GREEK TRADITIONS AND HONEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;GREEK TRADITIONS AND HONEY&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23223a6e&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2316&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li2\">Honey was used in celebrations as a symbol of fertility and well-being.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">Honey with walnuts and brittles are offered to the newlyweds and guests.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">In Crete, the sweet offered in all weddings is called <i>xerotigano, <\/i>a fried dough with honey.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">In Rhodes, on the wedding eve, people prepare <i>melekounia<\/i>, a sweet with honey, sesame and flower water.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">New mothers are offered honey-kneaded breads.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">Honey-topped pancakes and omelets are offered in cemeteries after Easter for the repose of souls.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">For the sake of the new year, housewives used to place nuts, an olive branch and a cup of honey on the table.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">Christmas-time sweets are made with honey: <i>melomakarona<\/i>, <i>diples<\/i> and sweet breads.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\">Throughout Crete, brides and grooms have to eat a spoonful of walnuts and honey during the wedding ceremony. In many villages, however, there is a custom of offering nuts and honey to wedding guests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn some of the most traditional Greek traditions related to honey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-magic-of-greek-honey"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3104,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/3104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beecomeafriend.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}