What breakfast do Cretans eat?

Some of the dishes to be found at the Cretan breakfast table are rusks, graviera cheese, myzithra cheese, and honey. As far as proteins, dishes include sygklino (salted and smoked pork), sausages, apaki (smoked pork), fried eggs with staka (butter-cream). Cretan pies usually have local cheese and wild greens.



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