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We Greek family members also bully each other to make the other person pursue their potential, although I gotta say, it works better on some people than others, I know I wouldn’t be able to take too much of it, thankfully my parents did it only a little compared to other parents, but there are other kids who thrive with this type of pressure - and others who might become accomplished professionally but it takes a toll on other aspects of their lives. In short, there are all sorts of responses to it but it definitely is part of Greek family behavioural code like in the Indian one.

As for the food, typically Greek cuisine is popular and well liked but I have figured that the people who don’t like Greek cuisine are indeed the ones who want a lot of spice and hotness in their food. So if you don’t care much for strong spices, yes I believe you will like Greek food. There are numerous herbs and spices in Greek cuisine but they mostly add flavour, saltiness, fragrance and freshness but not as much hotness and bite to the food as in other cuisines. I can only think of two-three dishes tops that have a lot of bite and even those must be kinda mild compared to the spicy stuff of other cuisines. Hella tasty if you ask me, though. Maybe it’s because I am not used to spicy foods that I don’t really get the hype - I don’t want my food to be at war with my tongue lol

And I also do love Greek food, I’m a vegetarian and I’ve been vegan at times, and honestly moussaka(I don’t use meat in it) and tzaziki with chips/veggies and Greek bean soup and spanakopita and obviously greek salad all really come in clutch for that and they’re so so yummy and healthy at the same time!! I will definitely check out more herbs, right now I just rely mostly on garlic and good quality olive oil and feta cheese and salt and pepper when I cook Greek food!! (I’m sorry if these dishes aren’t main Greek food/authentic, I just know a little bit from the youtube recipe videos that I try out 🥲😅)

And yes that’s EXACTLY my beef with spicy food too, I think it eclipses the flavors of all the other ingredients and is unnecessarily kicking my tongue and I definitely don’t need that at mealtime!!

#mildChickenCurryForTheWin #cluckCluck (that’s the sound a chicken makes??)