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YOU DON’T OWN YOUR MATCHES, YOU DON’T OWN YOUR SALT, YOU DON’T OWN YOUR SUGAR, YOU DON’T OWN YOUR OLIVE OIL

 
Fire  has a major role in the process of human evolution, development of language, socialization, technologies. Civilization would not be possible without fire.  And matches  made much easier its  lighting.
 
 

Salt shaped civilization from the very beginning.  It is so essential to the humans that did conciderably influence the history of mankind. 
 
 

The history of sugar is linked with  ruthless profiteering, colonial ambitions, human labor and  tragedy. It was once a medicine, [...]

CHRISTMAS #3. PASTRY SWADDLING CLOTHES (Τα σπάργανα του Χριστού)

Thin ribbons of fried dough or strips having the thickness of a pencil…
They are crunchy but fragile and melt in the mouth.
It’s quite easy to make them; you just need flour and water or orange juice and sometimes eggs or/and yeast. Cut the pastry sheet into squares of 7cm width or into ribbons of 10 [...]

CHRISTMAS #2. Pig killing & animal sacrifice

Large numbers of pig carcasses are hanging on hooks in butcher shops. Christmas day is near….
Because the pig is the traditional meat for the most regions in Greece. And the days before and after Christmas is the peak of the pig killing season which begins  around the feast of St Demetrius (26 October).
Is there a [...]