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Table 5 The ten most common food products and staple foods in the publications

From: Pontic Greek cuisine: the most common foods, ingredients, and dishes presented in cookbooks and folklore literature

No

Name of food products

Name of foods

1

Pligouri (Bulgur)

Fasoulia (Beans)

2

Korkota (Coarsely ground grains)

Chapsia (Anchovies)

3

Makarina (Handmade dried pasta)

Mavrolachana (Kale)

4

Paskitan (Highly concentrated salty yoghurt)

Patates (Potatoes)

5

Voutoron or Vouturon (Cow Butter)

Kinteata (Nettle)

6

Kavourma (Sautéed meat dish)

Kochlidia (Snails)

7

Stypa (Pickles)

Lachana (White cabbage)

8

Tsortan (Dry myzithra)

Melitzanes (Eggplant)

9

Evriste (Pre-baked pasta)

Kreas (Meat)

10

Trachanas (A fermented cereal food)

Avloukia (Sorrel)