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Pashalini kouloura

Posted by Dimitrios (ATHENS, Greece) on 12 April 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

Read is slowly, it means Easter circular bread! It is a tradition in my country to make this bread during Easter week. The egg is boiled of course and painted red, the colour of sacrificing the Easter lambs. The beautiful hand belong to the master creator Tina.

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Comments (21)

sharon from Singapore

i like the way you captured her hands... gently shaping the bread.

12 Apr 2007 5:32am

@sharon: thanks, I asked her to stand still for 3 seconds! regards D

Sujit from Hyderabad, India

Its beautiful. The soft red egg and the contrast against the brownish and textured bread. Good one.

12 Apr 2007 6:38am

@Sujit: thank you Sujit, Tina will be also very pleased!

Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran

Good artistic bread! Artist Tina! Great photographer Dimitrios! ;)

12 Apr 2007 6:48am

@Soodabeh: oh my goodness THANK you Soodabeh, I shall tell Tina about your enthousiasm, regards D.

Sidonie from Sydney, Australia

I see these goodies being eaten by the visitors to my local Greek Orthodox church over Easter every year, but I've never seen them so close! Great shot - and thanks for the information.

12 Apr 2007 8:59am

@Sidonie: did you know that any person that eats them becomes Greek for a full week!!! ha ha, kind regsrds D.

Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

very nice shot - thanks for the details concerning the making of the bread - I had no idea. Excellent!

12 Apr 2007 10:18am

@Scene by Sharon Photography: you see how interesting am3 can be to all of us! thanks for visiting. see ya

Jen from Jessup, United States

Wonderful details in the bread! It looks delicious!

12 Apr 2007 10:23am

@Jen: mmm tastes delicious too, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thanks

Yukie from Kyoto, Japan

great shot! this is a gorgeous bread! I wanna eat , hehe...

12 Apr 2007 12:17pm

@Yukie: UPS delivery to Japan coming up, ha ha , thanks

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

nice shot dimitrios

12 Apr 2007 12:39pm

@yiannis krikis: Xristos Anesti Yiannis, efxaristo

DTW from Orlando, United States

very interesting, thanks for the cultural lesson.

12 Apr 2007 1:19pm

@DTW: you are welcome DTW, regards DVK

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Great image of something that looks mighty tasty!!!!:-))

12 Apr 2007 1:32pm

@Jerry: mmm it was I can asure you, see ya Jerry.....

JackGirl from dreamland, Brazil

Oh interesting culture ..thanks for share :)

12 Apr 2007 2:25pm

@JackGirl: you are most welcome JG, regards DVK

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Greetings D, this looks yummy. Thank you for showing us one of your customs. That is what I love about coming on here, you learn so much about other people's lives, cultures, traditions. :)

12 Apr 2007 4:19pm

@Dawn Sutherland: me to, maybe this is the best thing about aminus3, culture exchange, regards D

Behrooz from Tehran, Iran

I'm hungry! ;-) I want some.

12 Apr 2007 4:57pm

@Behrooz: ok you have to be in Greece next Easter, regards D

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Looks yummy :) Looks like i got to pay you guys a visit soon for dinner or lunch ;-)

12 Apr 2007 5:28pm

@Rahul: if you come to Greece send me an e.mail when. Leave the food to me!

Anne from White Rock, Canada

Great shot Dimitrios - the exposure is perfect and the bread looks so yummy! I've learned something else - I had no idea about this custom. Do you have hot cross buns at Easter as well? :-o

12 Apr 2007 7:05pm

@Anne: well we make small round buns with sugar on top, they taste sweet and they are yummy too. These we call PASHALINA KOULOURIA. Normaly you can find these all year round, they go well with coffee, take care D.