#Melomakarona

[angelkarafilli]

Melomakarona are traditional Greek Christmas spiced cookies that are moist, syrupy and extremely flavoursome.

Recipe:https://insightsgreece.com/homemade-melomakarona-recipe/

[peckcohen]

Melomakarona Cookies Melomakarona, a dish of Greek spice cookies dipped in honey syrup and topped with spiced walnuts, will up your dessert game.

[beautifulheartandspirit]

[eato]

[basicallybaking]

Melomakarona/Finikia (Cookies) Greek spiced honey soaked cookies. Recipe from omg food blog. Perfect flavor for the holidays, soft to the bite but firm to the touch, expect a greasy dough and make one change to the recipe: don't soak just-baked cookies in the syrup for two minutes, dip them quickly in the syrup one at a time and remove immediately upon submerging. They absorb the syrup extremely quickly, like a ladyfinger, and if you leave them in there for more than, say, 5 seconds, they will be completely soaked through with syrup and will be to my taste too sweet. If you just dip briefly you can still taste the olive oil in the cookie dough, which is nice, and it's still sweet, just not terribly so.

[bobs--burgers--flipping]

Melomakarona

[aleyuhhhh]

just trying to see something

[vegehana-food]

✿ メロマカロナ | Melomakarona ・ギリシャの伝統的なクッキー。オリーブオイルやオレンジジュース、コニャックなどが加えられた生地を焼き上げて、ハチミツやオレンジの皮などから作られたホットシロップの中に浸け、最後に刻んだクルミとシナモンをまぶして仕上げられます。 クラビエデスとともにクリスマスの時期に供されるお菓子として親しまれています。 ・このクリスマスのお菓子にはお祝いの意味があったわけではありません。ほとんどの説明によると、「マカロニ���という言葉は中世ギリシャ語の「マカロニア」に由来しており、パスタをベースにした葬儀の夕食でした。マカロニは古代ギリシャ語の「マカリア」に由来しており、これは葬儀の後に供えられる現代の蜂蜜マカロンの形をしたソウルパイ、つまりパンのことでした。その後、マカリアに蜂蜜シロップをかけたものがメロマカロナと呼ばれ、主に小アジアのギリシャ人によって12日間（キリスト教の伝統によると12月25日から1月5日までの期間）のお菓子として定着しました。

[ssvnormandie]

we're doing a cookie competition at work where everyone in the department is supposed to bake one to two dozen cookies .... there are forty-six people in the department

[greekcookingmadeeasy]

Christmas Chocolate Truffles With Melomakarona Aka Greek Honey Cookies

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Christmas Chocolate Truffles with Melomakarona aka Greek Honey Cookies - Hristouyenniatika Troufakia me Melomakarona

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SERVES  🍴⃒            PREP. TIME 🕔⃒   

24 pcs.            20 min + 1 h wait

 

COOK. TIME ♨   DIFFIC. LEVEL 👩🍳⃒

   14 min.                  Very Easy

 

I usually prepare the beloved truffles around Christmas time, as they do make a nice little guest treat or a small gift when visiting family or friends. Bringing something sweet as a gift for any celebration in Greece is quite traditional and common.

After the Holiday season, I usually end up having a few Melomakarona leftover which start getting a bit stale. But I don't want to throw them away, after all the trouble of preparing them at home.

Through the years, I have shown you some recipes on how to use them as leftovers e.g. in an ice cream, Trifle or even a Lemon Pie. This time, I will show you how to make Chocolate Truffles with them.

What do you say, do you want to try my recipe?

Suitable for lacto vegetarians.

 

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for the truffles' filling:

•          6 pcs. Melomakarona (honey cookies)

•          100 gr. / 3.5 oz Store-bought Hazelnut Cocoa Spread, soft (Nutella type)

•          30 gr. / 1 oz / almost 1/4 cup Walnuts

•          1 shot / 30 ml / 2 tbsp. Liqueur Grand Marnier

 

Ingredients for topping the Chocolate Truffles:

•          200-220 gr. / 7-7.7 oz Bar of Dark Chocolate

•          About 150 gr. / 5.5 oz Dark Chocolate Sprinkles

 

METHOD:

A.    Prepare the truffles mix:

1.     Note: Use your leftover Melomakarona but remove their walnuts topping, since they can be a bit dampened. For this recipe, it's best to use freshly chopped walnuts, so that they will stay crunchy inside the truffles.

2.     Use a food processor to chop the walnuts. If you prefer them coarsely chopped, then beat them just a bit and then place them in a small bowl.

3.     If you prefer them finely chopped (like me), beat them first, a little longer, but do keep them in the food processor.

4.     Then cut your Melomakarona in half and add in the food processor together with the chopped walnuts. Beat them together for a few seconds or until melomakarona turn into crumbs and are incorporated with the walnuts, or beat a bit longer if you want your Melomakarona to turn mushy and gooey.

5.     Pour now the store-bought softened cocoa spread in a large bowl.

6.     Fold the melomakarona mix in the bowl and stir to blend all ingredients well.

7.     Pour in a shot of Grand Marnier, blending it in until you get a homogenized chocolate mix.

 

B.  Shape the truffles: 

8.  Using one-use plastic gloves to avoid cross contamination, shape small balls with your hands and place them on a plate or tray, lined with plastic wrap, so that the soft truffles won't stick to it.

9.  To shape them, squeeze them into your palm and turn them around so you can make a small ball. Take care to make all truffles about the same size. Correct them if you see that some are bigger or smaller. I made 24 small-medium sized truffles (a mouthful each).

10.  When ready, cover the plate with plastic wrap and place truffles in the fridge for 1 h to set.

 

C.  Garnish the truffles with the chocolate toppings:

11.  First, the bar of dark chocolate needs to be melted. You can do that either with bain-marie or in the microwave.

12.  I used the microwave @60 Watt for about 12'-14'. Be careful, microwave needs very low temp, otherwise chocolate will burn!

13.  Remove from microwave and bring chilled chocolate truffles from the fridge.

14.  Now take the truffles one by one and with the help of 2 small forks, dip them briefly, turning them around in to the chocolate sauce to coat them all around. Work quickly while the chocolate sauce is still runny. The forks are there to help strain some of the chocolate sauce.

15.  Place covered truffles on a baking tray.

16.  Leave truffles to dry just for a little bit before coating them with sprinkles.

17.  Finish by dipping each truffle into the bowl with chocolate sprinkles, rolling it in and pressing on the sprinkles so they will really stick on it!

18.  Now the beautiful chocolate Truffles need to set, so place them on a nice festive platter-covered-in the fridge for a couple of hours, before serving.

 

D. Serving suggestion:

Serve them cold directly from the fridge. They do look mouthwatering.

Check how wonderful they are inside-crunchy and sweet with the Christmassy tastes of Melomakarona, walnuts and liqueur flavor!

With their memorable taste, I can guarantee you that one truffle won't be enough! Good gracious, I should have kept more Melomakarona to make a double dose... 

Chill them, serve and enjoy!! Happy Holiday Season.

E. Storage info:

To preserve them, you should store them in the fridge, covered, for about 10 days.

Don't worry, they won't turn white and they won't dry out if you keep them well covered.

                                                 

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Χριστουγεννιάτικα Τρουφάκια με Μελομακάρονα

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ΜΕΡΙΔΕΣ🍴⃒         ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΙΑ 🕔⃒

24 τρουφάκια      20 min. + 1 ώρα αναμονή

 

ΜΑΓΕΙΡΕΜΑ ♨  ΒΑΘΜ. ΔΥΣΚΟΛΙΑΣ 👩‍🍳⃒

14 min.                 Πολύ εύκολα

 

Συνήθως ετοιμάζω τα πολυαγαπημένα τρουφάκια την περίοδο των Χριστουγέννων, μιας και κάνουν μια ωραία, μικρή λιχουδιά για τους καλεσμένους ή ένα μικρό δώρο όταν επισκέπτομαι την οικογένεια μου ή φίλους. Το να φέρνουμε κάτι γλυκό σα δώρο για οποιαδήποτε γιορτή στην Ελλάδα είναι αρκετά συνηθισμένο και παραδοσιακό.

Μετά την περίοδο των γιορτών, συνήθως καταλήγω να έχω λίγα περίσσια μελομακάρονα που αρχίζουν να μπαγιατεύουν. Αλλά δεν θέλω να τα πετάξω, μετά από τόσο κόπο που έκανα να τα ετοιμάσω στο σπίτι.

Όλα αυτά τα χρόνια, σας έχω δείξει μερικές συνταγές για το πώς να χρησιμοποιήσετε υπολείμματα από μελομακάρονα π.χ. σε παγωτό, Trifle ή ακόμα και σε Λεμονόπιτα. Αυτή τη φορά, θα σας δείξω πώς να τα χρησιμοποιήσετε για να φτιάξετε σοκολατένια τρουφάκια.

Τι λέτε, θέλετε να δοκιμάσετε τη συνταγή μου;

Κατάλληλα για χορτοφάγους.

 

ΥΛΙΚΑ

Υλικά για τη γέμιση:

• 6 τεμ. Μελομακάρονα

• 100 γρ. / 3,5 oz  Έτοιμο Άλειμμα πραλίνας φουντουκιού, μαλακό (τύπου Μερέντα/Nutella)

• 30 γρ. / 1 oz / σχεδόν 1/4 φλ. Καρύδια

• 1 σφηνάκι / 30 ml / 2 κ.σ. Λικέρ Grand Marnier

 

Υλικά για την επικάλυψη:

• 200-220 γρ. / 7-7,7 oz Μπάρα Σοκολάτα Κουβερτούρα

• Περίπου 150 γρ. / 5,5 oz Τρούφα Μαύρης Σοκολάτας

 

ΜΕΘΟΔΟΣ:

Α. Ετοιμάστε το μείγμα για τα τρουφάκια:

1. Σημείωση: Χρησιμοποιήστε τα μελομακάρονα που σας περισσεύουν αλλά αφαιρέστε την επικάλυψη τους από καρύδια, γιατί μπορεί να είναι νοτισμένα. Σε αυτή τη συνταγή, είναι καλύτερο να χρησιμοποιήσετε φρεσκοκομμένα καρύδια, ώστε να παραμείνουν τραγανά μέσα στα τρουφάκια.

2. Χρησιμοποιήστε το πολυκόφτη (μούλτι) για να ψιλοκόψετε τα καρύδια. Αν εσείς τα προτιμάτε χοντροκομμένα, χτυπήστε τα πολύ λίγο και μετά βάλτε τα σε ένα μικρό μπολ.

3. Αν τα προτιμάτε ψιλοκομμένα (όπως εγώ), χτυπήστε τα πρώτα λίγο παραπάνω, αλλά κρατήστε τα μέσα στον πολυκόφτη.

4. Στη συνέχεια κόψτε τα μελομακάρονά σας στη μέση και προσθέστε τα στο πολυκόφτη με τα ψιλοκομμένα καρύδια. Χτυπήστε τα μαζί για λίγα δευτερόλεπτα ή μέχρι τα μελομακάρονα να γίνουν τρίμματα και να ενσωματωθούν με τα καρύδια ή χτυπήστε τα λίγο επιπλέον αν θέλετε τα μελομακάρονά σας να λιώσουν.

5. Βάλτε τώρα το μαλακό άλειμμα πραλίνας φουντουκιού σε ένα μεγάλο μπολ.

6. Διπλώστε το μείγμα με τα μελομακάρονα μέσα στο μπολ με το άλειμμα και ανακατέψτε να ενωθούν καλά όλα τα υλικά.

7. Ρίξτε ένα σφηνάκι Grand Marnier, ανακατεύοντάς το μέχρι να πάρετε ένα ομογενοποιημένο μείγμα σοκολάτας.

 

Β. Πλάστε τα τρουφάκια:

8. Χρησιμοποιώντας πλαστικά γάντια μιας χρήσης για να αποφύγετε τη διασταυρούμενη μόλυνση, πλάστε με τα χέρια σας μικρές μπάλες και τοποθετήστε τις σε ένα πιάτο ή δίσκο, στρωμένο με πλαστική μεμβράνη, ώστε να μην σας κολλήσουν.

9. Για να πλάσετε τα τρουφάκια, πιέστε λίγο μείγμα σοκολάτας στην παλάμη σας και γυρίστε γύρω-γύρω για να φτιάξετε μια μπαλίτσα. Φροντίστε να φτιάξετε όλα τα τρουφάκια περίπου το ίδιο μέγεθος. Διορθώστε τα αν δείτε ότι μερικά είναι μεγαλύτερα ή μικρότερα. Έφτιαξα 24 τρουφάκια μικρο-μεσαίου μεγέθους (μία μπουκιά το καθένα).

10. Μόλις είναι έτοιμα, σκεπάστε το πιάτο με πλαστική μεμβράνη και τοποθετήστε τα τρουφάκια στο ψυγείο για 1 ώρα να παγώσουν και να σταθεροποιηθούν.

 

Γ. Γαρνίρετε τα τρουφάκια:

11. Πρώτα πρέπει να λιώσετε τη κουβερτούρα σας. Μπορείτε να το κάνετε είτε με μπεν μαρί ή στο φούρνο μικροκυμάτων.

12. Εγώ χρησιμοποίησα το φούρνο μικροκυμάτων @60 Watt για περίπου 12'-14'. Προσοχή, ο φούρνος μικροκυμάτων θέλει πολύ χαμηλή θερμοκρασία, διαφορετικά η σοκολάτα θα καεί!

13. Βγάλτε τη από το φούρνο μικροκυμάτων και φέρτε τα παγωμένα τρουφάκια από το ψυγείο.

14. Τώρα πάρτε τα τρουφάκια ένα-ένα και με τη βοήθεια 2 μικρών πιρουνιών, βουτήξτε τα για λίγο, γυρίζοντάς τα μέσα στη σάλτσα σοκολάτας για να αλειφθούν γύρω-γύρω. Δουλέψτε γρήγορα όσο η λιωμένη σοκολάτας είναι ακόμα ρευστή. Τα πιρούνια είναι για να σας βοηθήσουν να στραγγίσετε λίγο από τη περίσσια σοκολάτα.

15. Τοποθετήστε τα τρουφάκια σε μια πιατέλα.

16. Αφήστε τα τρουφάκια να στεγνώσουν για λίγο πριν τα αλείψετε με τη τρούφα σοκολάτας.

17. Τελειώστε βυθίζοντας κάθε τρουφάκι στο μπολ με τη τρούφα σοκολάτας, στριφογυρίζοντας τα και πιέζοντας τα για να κολλήσει καλά η τρούφα πάνω τους!

18. Τώρα τα πανέμορφα τρουφάκια πρέπει να δέσουν, γι' αυτό τοποθετήστε τα σε μια ωραία γιορτινή πιατέλα, σκεπασμένα στο ψυγείο για μερικές ώρες, πριν τα σερβίρετε.

 

Δ. Πρόταση σερβιρίσματος:

Σερβίρετε τα κρύα απευθείας από το ψυγείο. Φαίνονται τόσο λαχταριστά.

Δείτε πόσο υπέροχα είναι στο εσωτερικό τους-τραγανά και γλυκά με τις χριστουγεννιάτικες γεύσεις από μελομακάρονα, καρύδια και λικέρ!

Με την αξέχαστη γεύση τους, μπορώ να σας εγγυηθώ ότι μια τρούφα δεν θα σας είναι αρκετή! Καλέ έπρεπε να είχα κρατήσει κι άλλα μελομακάρονα για να κάνω διπλή δόση...

Αφήστε να κρυώσουν καλά, σερβίρετε και απολαύστε τα!! Καλές γιορτές.

 

Ε. Πληροφορίες φύλαξης:

Για να τα διατηρήσετε, φυλάξτε τα στο ψυγείο σκεπασμένα για περίπου 10 μέρες.

Μην ανησυχείτε, δεν θα ασπρίσουν και δεν θα στεγνώσουν αν τα φυλάξετε καλά καλυμμένα.

 

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[iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife]

Save me melomakarona. melomakarona save ne.

[johaerys-writes]

Talk dirty to me got me back into my disasters feels ILOVETHEMSOMUCH

Do the boys have any traditions they carry into adulthood? Baking or cooking something specific? Making something together around the holidays?

Aaaah that's such a sweet question!! They have a few traditions during the holidays, and one of them is Achilles knitting Pat an ugly Christmas sweater and gifting it to him close to the holidays haha. Every year, as he gets better at knitting it gets more elaborate and Patroclus absolutely loves it and wears it all the time (yes even at work 😅😅)

Achilles will also try, and usually fail, to bake something for Christmas, until Patroclus runs to the rescue and sort of saves the situation. They usually make their own melomakarona and kourampiedes (greek holiday cookies) for themselves but also to gift to family and friends (everyone goes INSANE for Pat's melomakarona with pistachio), and they also try out a different recipe each year, sweet or savoury. Laika also gets to have a special homemade treat every year, just for her 😋

Patroclus is not so much into holiday decorations but Achilles goes crazy every year because he just loves to deck out their tree and their little home, so Patroclus just follows along 😅 They find a lot of their Christmas ornaments and decorations at thrift stores and flea markets, and they also often make their own from clay, wood, yarn, paper etc, depending on which creative hobby they've hyperfixated on this year haha. Achilles is also obsessed with fairy lights, especially the twinkling kind, and has them in pretty much every corner of the house (including waterproof ones for the bathroom)

They don't have a specific tradition as to how they spend Christmas day; one year they might go to Phthia and spend it with Ajax or Peleus (or both), another year they might stay at home in Athens and invite all their friends over for dinner and have a ball lol. If Peleus isn't around for Christmas, he still takes them out to a fancy restaurant afterwards when he's back to catch up and give them their gifts; as for Thetis, Achilles has dinner or goes out with her and his aunts at some point during the holidays, but Patroclus doesn’t always follow. He and Thetis are civil with each other these days but I don't think they'd ever become best friends or anything.

Another thing that's sort of a holiday tradition is taking Laika (and eventually, the rest of their army of doggos lol) and driving to the mountains as a sort of day trip. They go hiking and let the dogs run around and play (if there's snow it's even better), and then they have some warm soup they've brought with them in thermos and sandwiches before heading back home. And then the rest of the day is spent washing muddy paws and fur 😅😅 That's something they usually do around New Year's, just a little getaway before school/work starts :)

Thank you so much for this ask!!! I LOVE THEM TOO 😭🙏

[glikozi]

shkwthika full kavlwmeni na faw ta melomakarona me sokolata poy pira apo ton fourno xthes , gia na anakalipsw sthn prwti dagkwmatia oti einai gamimenos kourampies. Night ruined, kalinixta.

[iamrizaka]

Hecate doesn't really like to be alone with someone. Especially if this "someone" is someone who is deeply unpleasant to her. Especially if this "someone" is an Olympian. Especially if that "someone" is him.

Hecate keeps her demeanor calm and reasonable, Hermes is carefree and cheerful as usual, they both know that this is a pretense. If they could, they would bite their teeth into each other's throats. They always didn't get along, now they're probably cursing each other.

He does not forgive her for being on the side of the Titans, although she rarely expressed loyalty to anyone while remaining neutral, she hates what he is doing now.

"How is she?" Hermes asks after all, after an empty chatter for decency. Hecate feels the ashes on her tongue. "She" seems as wrong and mean as possible in relation to the golden-haired child who played with her daughters and sons and whom Hecate treated to melomakarona.

This golden-haired child was a boy, not a girl. This golden-haired child deserved a normal childhood and a full life. This golden-haired child Hecate, she was pathetic and helpless, broke with her own hands.

"The child is fine," Hecate primly mints, straightening the folds of her cloak, she tries to look detached and disinterested.

What part of her is still elated that she was able to at least temporarily shield the boy from Hermes, by making the cause the severity and tension of the procedure the boy was going through.

Since it started, Hermes has "visited" Will only once every 10 days and that's only for 7-10 minutes and only under her supervision. It was a temporary respite that was actually vital for the child.

"It's wonderful" Hermes' face brightens and acquires a gentle, almost loving expression, his smile is thin and soft, and his eyes are warm. Hecate wants to spray liquid fire right in his face. "I missed her, I hope she can come back to me soon."

Hecate does not respond, turn her attention to Weasel, her sweet girl Josie, who had been sleeping on her shoulder before. Her Josie perched on Hecate's neck like a scarf and looked around with impenetrable black beady eyes.

Hermes apparently takes this as a sign to stop being nice to her and finally get down to business. Hecate doesn't want to think about what kind of disgusting horror will come into his head.

"I want to give her a new name," Hermes' voice is surprisingly serious, Hecate feels as if Boreas has covered her insides with ice, "Will's name sounds cute, but it won't suit her at all when the procedure is over and she will be a lovely Kore."

Hecate gives a silent, imperceptible sign and Josie, understanding and obedient, gets off her neck and runs away on her fast tiny paws. She's probably going to visit her sweet Lou Ellen. Hecate does not want to accidentally harm her pet in the heat of anger.

The air around her crackles with her feelings, Hermes, in his Olympian arrogance, ignores her anger, perhaps even finds it funny. Hecate feels her nails getting longer and sharper.

She comes close to him, as she did when they were angry children, and grabs his chiton, she feels the fabric crackle under her fingers. Hermes remains indifferent to this, as a child he looked at her with an unkind gleam in his eyes.

"Where is it?" hissed Hecate like a snake, viciously and subtly, vibrating from the walls and ingrained in head. It was a mistake to think that Lamia was not born a snake monster.

"What?" it sounds easy and kind when he pretended to Maya that he was being nice to her. He always knew what, in what form, and at what exact moment he could make her most angry.

Hecate feels like the cracked and collapsed ice inside her has turned into a burning, all-consuming fire, it is this kind of anger that has always made her remember that she is not only the daughter of the gentle star Asteria, but also the child of the titan destroyer Perses. She exhales and her fingers only tighten on his clothes, the fabric still rips.

"Your sympathy," she exhales through clenched teeth, "Even in ancient times, when people knelt in front of you and burned the best cattle in your honor, you had it... Where in the name of Chaos is it now!? He not she, He a fucking tortured baby!".

"It's still there, O meli" his fingers gently touched her hands, Hecate wanted to peel the skin off them, "she just doesn't need to sympathize. She lives in the best position she could have and I take care of her diligently, it's just the difficulties of the initial stage, in the beginning it's difficult for everyone."

He easily pushes her away from him and she sticks to the wall out of surprise and leaves without even wanting to listen to her answer, maybe he went to do divine things or choose another shiny jewelry and silk dresses that he could send as a gift to Will.

She is a minor goddess who has already seriously screwed up and whose few children are tightly squeezed in the Olympic vice, he is an Olympian with power and might, who is in favor of his father. Hermes can do whatever he wants with whomever he wants, and Hecate hates it.

Melomakarona - ancient Greek honey cookies. Kore - ancient Greek word for "virgo" or simply "girl". O meli - ancient Greek word is "dear".

Little Hecate and Hermes meeting each other and yelling "I don't like you!" is hilarious to imagine.

Hecate and other deities who joined Titans' side of the war are not going to forget about it any time soon. Not only because of their children being tortured, but because the Olympians will never change their opinions about them, not after the war. They would forever be some minor deities who thought they could win against their power.

Hermes referring to Will as "she" and "Kore" makes me so angry. He doesn't see anything wrong with it: in fact, it's completely opposite! He's giving his mistress a place to live, tasty food, pretty dresses and beautiful jewelry. He found someone who looks like his old love. He had lost May all those years ago — his sweet and gentle May went insane because of the Oracle, but now he has a second chance to make everything "right". He can have his May again, but he needs some time and make sure that his mistress is healthy and ready.

Hecate, meanwhile, takes a moment to get who he is talking about. Because she sees Will as Will, not as some girl and woman Hermes wants to make out of him. She tries not to touch the subject at first, instead calling him "the child" and not using pronouns. It leaves a bitter taste in her mouth, but she has to remain calm. She can't let any of the major gods get another advantage over her; they already have too many.

But Hermes doesn't stop. He continues talking about "the girl" and even wants to change the child's name. And that is when we can see Hecate break her façade, when she grabs him and growls into his face. When she tells him about sympathy and robbing a boy of his person.

But the thing is — Hermes is being sympathetic! He is giving a girl the best life she can ever have, something he couldn't give to May. And he knows how the girl lived before; he's basically doing charity!

And then he reminds Hecate again of why he is the major god, and not her. He reminds her of how more powerful he is than her, and she has nothing else to do but accept it. It's shown by the way he easily pushes her and doesn't even answer her; she's not significant enough for him to do it.

And Hecate is left like this: with memories of her children, of their friends and comrades. Of how she is single-handedly destroying the life of one of them, and of how she had a hand in ruining other children's lives as well.

Being a daughter of the Titan Perse, "The destroyer", has two sides. Just like how she tears down her enemies in her anger, she leaves her family wrecked.

[arsiaaaa]

Kaneis den me stamataei apo to na ftiaxw melomakarona autin tin stigmh

[desertdollranch]

Today, January 7th, is Christmas Day for Layla, whose family is Greek Orthodox. It's a special, festive time for the Peris family.

But in the days leading up to the holiday, Layla has been busy in her happy place..... the kitchen!

She and her yaya (grandmother) have been baking traditional Greek cookies for family and friends. Some of these recipes are quite ancient, and were originally made long before Christmas was ever a holiday.

The white cookies dusted with powdered sugar are kourabiedes, almond and butter cookies. The cookies on the right that are sprinkled with nuts are melomakarona, spiced honey cookies. The rectangular biscotti at the top are paximadia, spiced orange and olive oil cookies. And on the left, moustokouloura are the donut-shaped cookies flavored with grape juice and spices.

She packs an assortment of cookies into lovely little tins.

Merry Christmas!