A Touch of Spice Page #3

And what will you put inside?

Mince, bread crumbs, garlic,

salt and pepper...

- That won't be tasty.

- Why is that?

Meatballs require something

extra so as to be tastier.

- What?

- It's a secret spice.

Tell me...

- And what will you do for me?

- I'll cook for you.

I know how to cook too.

What do you want me to do?

Dance for me...

The secret for

tasty meatballs is...

Really?

Carnations grow in Myceane...

Roses, in Delphi...

Oregano, in the Acropolis...

Geography is magical and the place

to learn it best is near a lighthouse.

By the lighthouse, the compass

spins wildly...

and the air magnetises

both the mind and the eyes.

My teacher in issues of love

was uncle Emilios, a captain.

He was the one that brought

the latest products from abroad.

He was the one that brought us a

"doudouklou", a pressure cooker...

This card is from

the Acropolis...

this one from San Paolo

and this one from Hamburg.

In Athens women cut onions like

this. In Hamburg like that...

But if a woman makes you sauted mussels,

it means she is in love with you.

I met one

on this trip...

Her name was Zozo, she made the

best mussels in all of Piraeus.

- Why don't you marry her?

- She only cooks mussels!

Savva quick, something's

wrong with the "doudouklou"!

- To hell with the pressure cooker!

- Stay still, uncle...

From the shock, aunt Elpiniki

was cured of her Parkinson's.

Mussels always remind me

of the hammam.

Whenever uncle Emilios would return

from a journey, we'd go there.

I'd hear the elders open their

souls, as mussels do when steamed.

How do things look, Emilio?

There are problems in Cyprus and they

say something is "cooking" in Athens.

They always say that

and nothing ever happens.

I realised then that other things

can be "cooked" besides food.

The other day Osman Bey came

by and he smelled of garlic.

If a diplomat smells of

garlic, trouble is stirring.

Also Aidin Bey came by and

said something I didn't like.

"Things aren't well,

Mr. Michalis..."

"You must be very

careful."

"lsn't your son-in-law

a Greek citizen?"

Shh... the child...

For as long as I can remember

they keep saying the same thing.

The Turks will deport you,

Turks will do this and that...

They talk and talk, but

we are fine, aren't we?

Emilie you were sailing during

the September 1955 atrocities.

You weren't here to see my

shop being burned to the ground.

I'm selling everything and going

to Greece. I need peace of mind.

The thought of leaving

brings on a pain here...

I saw Thrasyvoulos in Athens.

Send him some x-rays to look at.

We went out one night, while

in Athens and talked...

about lnstabul and

the old times...

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