The Most Traditional Dish Of Cyprus Is Fasoulia.
Years ago when transport consisted of the local donkey and the villages where well occupied, families would come together to swap stories, gossip, play bouzouki, eat and drink. The men would sit at one table whist the woman would busy themselves in the kitchen and with their chores. The wife of the house would bring out bread to accompany the brandy, a little later a plate of olives would appear, along with a tomato salad. Other families would arrive from the village bringing with them a freshly cooked dish, meat, pulses, fish which would be eaten slowly throughout the evening. Thus the meze was born. The food would be eaten slowly and each dish picked at then returned to later. The most traditional dish of Cyprus is known as a FASOULIA. Haricot beans simmered in a rich tomato sauce with carrots and celery.