HUNGRY GERALD

Greek Yogurt is a staple ingredient of the delicious and healthy cuisine prepared BSK. These nutritious meals keep 95-year-old HG alive and reasonably mobile and articulate. Yogurt is the principal dish at breakfast: mixed with dried fruit compote simmered by BSK; washed down with a BSK smoothie. (Some 20 vitamins and meds are swallowed and the meal ends with a cafe au lait). Yogurt is an ingredient in much Indian cooking and chicken is tenderized and flavored by a yogurt marinade. Shakshuka (delightful poached egg and vegetable stew) is popular in Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. It is topped with spoonfuls of yogurt mixed with zaatar and a squeeze of lemon. (BSK is non-pareil in crafting this dish). HG enjoys the sauce with many lamb dishes. A favorite is Kefta, a grilled ground lamb-onion-garlic cigar shaped burger. Heavenly when tucked into a pita with a splash of yogurt and some spicy peppers and slices of red onions. A pleasant Greek dessert is a bowl of yogurt topped with walnuts and pours of honey. Yes, yogurt is consumed throughout the Middle East—but all the countries believe Turkish yogurt is the best–and Turkish yogurt dishes are tops. Have yet to find the product in the USA so Greek Yogurt is the choice in HG/BSK’s kitchen.