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PRODUCTS OF LIMNOS
FLOMARIA
This is pasta which look like matches.
It is traditionally made from flour, milk and eggs.
It is traditionally made from flour, milk and eggs.
MELICHLORO
This is fresh cheese from sheep's milk which is made and placed in an airy shaded place for it to dry and then is washed in the sea.
KALATHAKI
This is fresh cheese from sheep and goats milk set in salt water. The name comes from the shape the cheese takes when it is set in a woven basket to curdle. It is a P.O.P product.
WINES
On the island they cultivate 2 types of grape. The Moschato Alexandrias (white) and the limnio or Kalambaki (red). The wineries of the island produce well known and awarded wines.
VENEZELIKA
It is a sweet made of almonds and vanilla coating. It was made for Eleftherios Venizelos by the housewives of the island when he visited it after its liberation.
THYME HONEY
Its taste is unique,
it is thick with a lovely aroma
and is of the best honeys
in Greece.
it is thick with a lovely aroma
and is of the best honeys
in Greece.
SAMSADES
It is a sweet made of very thin crust, sesame seeds and honey and looks like baklava.
