Greece

Greece

a project by Kacie K.

Cook Time: 35 minutes

1 pound frozen phyllo sheets 1 cup melted butter 2 cups finely chopped walnuts or blanched almonds 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup honey 1 cup water 1 tablespoon lemon juice
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Preparation:
Directions for baklava Thaw phyllo pastry and separate sheets according to package directions. Keep pastry not being used covered with clean damp dish towel to keep it from drying out. Place half of pastry sheets in a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan, one by one, brushing each sheet quickly and all over with melted butter. Combine nuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and cinnamon; sprinkle over buttered pastry. Place remaining sheets on top, brushing each with melted butter. Cut baklava pastry into 2-inch diamonds. Bake at 400 until brown and crisp, about 30 to 35 minutes. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine remaining 3/4 cup sugar, honey, 1 cup water, and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Boil baklava syrup for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until syrupy. Cool and pour over baklava.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/browniesbars/r/bl30206n.htm NATURAL PHENOMENA Gaea= mother earth Three children Uranus who then becomes her husband and is the god of sky Ourea god of moutains Pontus god of sea Eros / Amor= desire and love Erebus= god of darkness Aether = Light

Hemera = Day For the Greeks and other places in the world, gods generate the universe,but that the universe creates the gods. With these gods that sponaneously became generated. The Greek gods are sometimes personufied abstractions or concepts with no real personalilty. But to this day we still refer to Father Time and Mother Nature.

THE TITANS

Ocean= the river incircling the World

Hyperion= the sun god three children Helius god of Sun Selens goddess of Moon Eos god of Dawn Themis= god of Law Phoebe= god of Brilliant

Mnemosyne= god of memory Rhea=goddess of Cybele Cronus= god of Saturn With many others in this family these are the most common ones that are heard of in everyday lives. They where given the powers to change the world and make it there own. Then be killed by the very things that they made.

http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/greek.gods.html GREEK LANGUAGE AND BASIC ALPHABET

Greek Colours aspro, lefko = white mavro = black kokkino = red mple = blue kitrino = yellow prassino = green kafe = brown mov = purple galazio = light blue Greek Numbers ena = one thio = two tria = three tessera = four pente = five eksi = six epta or efta = seven okto = eight ennia = nine theka = ten

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