γλωσσιοτισσα (Glossiotissa) by Alba Ruíz (Spain)

When we were in Skopelos, we went to Glossa, a village of the island where we visited the agro-touristic cooperative “Glossiotissa”(γλωσσιοτισσα).

Many women of the municipality of Glossa founded Glossiotissa in 1999.

They wanted to face the unemployment of the area by developing their skills and knowledge. They also wanted to promote the local area products like almonds, plums... which are handmade by the women.

Now, the cooperative has promoted its products at Skiathos, Volos, Athens, Thessaloniki, etc.

In this handmade food factory, the women taught us how to make a tyropita (τυρóπιτα), a Greek cheese pie, and then many students tried to prepare one.

Finally, we ate some typical Greek foods like tyropita and pastitsio (παστίτσιο), a baked pasta dish made with pasta, meat sauce, and a custard or béchamel sauce.

As a souvenir, they gave us a typical Greek sweet

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