Flat lobster. A variety of lobster with a flat tail, shaped somewhat like a slipper, which is the edible part. It makes a noise like a cricket. The Mediterranean slipper lobster is generally used for flavouring soups as it does not carry much meat.
Leerfish. A fish common in the mediterranean. It is large and silver and grey, plump and oily with firm flesh and deeply forked tail. It is best grilled or bakedand should be particularly fresh. Oily fish do not keep well. It seems to have no English name, but is close in appearance to the Pompano.
Pompano. A small, plump, oily marine fish with a yellow to greenish-blue back. It has a deeply forked tail. It is fished in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and off the south east of North America. With its firm flesh it is suitable for many types of preparation, stands up well to baking and is frequently cooked en papillote.
Long, thin, fresh sausages available after the autumn (US: fall) and early winter slaughter of pigs.
"Delight." The original Turkish Delight, from the island of Syros in the Dodecanese and from Ioaninna, near where I first saw standing columns at the Temple of Dione at Dodona. "The mountain valley oracle of Dodona lies about 22km south-west of Ioannina, over a winding mountain road offering beautiful views of the Epirus countryside. Dodona is said to be the oldest town in Epirus, where civilization or life itself first arose in this part of the world. This sounds like hyperbole until you arrive - then it's easy to believe."
