Antigoni's Katsamaka - Polenta, Fried Onion & Petimezi Porridge | KALI OREXI

Antigoni’s Katsamaka - a dish my grandmother made for my mother and a dish my mother made for me! Polenta with fried onions and petimezi - such an unusual combination but it is warm, comforting, sweet and soulful.
This is a dish my mother and her siblings enjoyed for breakfast. The polenta was made from corn they grew on their fields, that they harvested and milled. The onions grew in their “kypo” by the Pineo River - they braided them and hung them to dry for use year-round. They made the petimezi from the parastafila; the grapes that were not harvested during the main autumn harvest because they weren’t ripe at that time. The parastafila were left on the vines and when they eventually ripened, they were picked and crushed. The resultant juice (grape-must) was strained and then boiled with ash. The grape-must reduced and thickened and was ladled out of the cauldron leaving the ash behind. The thickened grape-must is petimezi.
Soooo much EFFORT AND INTENTION for a small bowl of humble food.
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I first shared this recipe on social media on Mother’s Day 2023. And this is what I wrote…
Today is the day we give thanks to mothers for the EFFORT AND INTENTION they make to raise their children. I have been reflecting on motherhood this week and this is where I landed…
The role of a mother is to love and nurture her children, while loving and nurturing herself as well. There is a balance between self-sacrifice for the good of our children and self-orientation for our own good. As mothers we must fill our wells of emotional and physical strength to overflowing and give from the overflow, so we can give with open and unfettered hearts.
I was a young woman when my mother said these words to me… words that have remained with me, “The sun shines for me too” words that echo the sentiments of self-honoring, self-worth and self-love; all loving lessons to share with our children.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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