Melomakarona are traditional Greek Christmas cookies.The word 'melomakarona' comes from the word'meli' and the word'makaroni'.Meli means honey in Greek.As for the word makaroni, this is related to the word'makaronia' which was used in the Middle Ages. Makaronia was the funeral supper, during which the relatives paid their last respects to the deceased.
The
word 'makaronia' has its roots in Ancient Greece.In the Greek
antiquity, the relatives gave a piece of pie, called 'makaria' to the
people after the funeral . Over the years, housewives have gradually
added a lot of sweet syrup and honey to turn them into today's
melomakarona. The fragrant melomakarona are called finikia in Asia
Minor.
Latins
used the word makaronia as maccarone which ended up meaning a kind of
spaghetti.In Middle Ages English and French people adopted the word and
created 'macaroons', the world famous almond cookies.
Honey,
which is a basic ingredient in melomakarona, was a symbol of prosperity
and creativity in Ancient Greece.Still today, honey symbolises for
Greek people all the good things that we want the New Year to bring.
We hope that you'll find our information useful and after seeing our presentation, you'll try making some melomakarona you, too!
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