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  2. Feta - Wikipedia

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    Feta cheese is very high in salt, at over 400 mg sodium per 100 calories. Similar cheeses A Greek salad with a slice of feta. Similar cheeses can be found in other countries, such as: Albania (Urdha or djathë i bardhë, lit. ' white cheese ') Armenia (Չանախ chanakh - cheese made in a chan, a type of crock) Azerbaijan (ağ pendir, lit.

  3. Gyros - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from the Greek γύρος ( gyros, 'circle' or 'turn'). It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7] In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes. [8]

  4. Kofta - Wikipedia

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    In English, kofta is a loanword borrowed from the Hindi-Urdu कोफ़्ता / کوفتہ and Persian کوفته kofta meaning pounded meat. [2] [3] [4] [1] The earliest extant use of the word in the Urdu language is attested from the year 1665 in Mulla Nusrati's ʿAlī Nāma. [5] [6] It was first used in English in Qanoon-e-Islam in 1832 ...

  5. Sephardic Jewish cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Couscous with vegetables and chickpeas. Boyoz pastry, a regional specialty of İzmir, Turkey introduced to Ottoman cuisine by the Sephardim [1] Sephardic Jewish cuisine is an assortment of cooking traditions that developed among the Sephardi Jews . Those of this Iberian origin who were dispersed in the Sephardic Diaspora ultimately became the ...

  6. Polymelia - Wikipedia

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    polemilia. Polymelia is a birth defect in which an affected individual has more than the usual number of limbs. It is a type of dysmelia. In humans and most land-dwelling vertebrates, this means having five or more limbs. The extra limb is most commonly shrunken and/or deformed. The term is from Greek πολυ- "many", μέλεα "limbs".

  7. Souvlaki - Wikipedia

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    Various meats. Media: Souvlaki. Souvlaki ( Greek: σουβλάκι, souvláki, [suˈvlaci]; plural: σουβλάκια, souvlákia) is a Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. It is usually eaten straight off the skewer while still hot. It can be served with or inside a rolled pita ...

  8. Tsoureki - Wikipedia

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    Braided Easter bread garnished with slivered hazelnuts. Tsoureki is made for Easter in Greece and among the Greek diaspora. [2] It is made from a sweet yeast dough of flour, sugar, eggs, butter and milk, with dyed red Easter eggs pressed into the dough. [7] The dough is brushed with egg wash before baking, and sometimes flavored with mahlep ...

  9. Red Lobster - Wikipedia

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    Red Lobster Hospitality, LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida.The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico and Guam) and Canada, as well as in China, Ecuador, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates; as of June 23, 2020, the company had 719 locations worldwide.