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21-01-2021
Column: Food for Thought - SPARTAN LAMB
Column: Food for Thought - SPARTAN LAMB
Growing up where I did in Sydney meant I had exposure to all sorts of amazing cuisines such as Lebanese, Greek, Vietnamese, Macedonian, Croatian and Serbian.
Across the road from us lived a girl named Katerina; she was four years older than me and would often watch over us when our parents went on a date night. Being 12 years old and also being friends with a 16-year-old Greek goddess brought me immense neighbourhood kudos. Her mother and father were originally from Cyprus and came to Australia in the 1950s under
the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme, also referred to as the “Ten Pound Pom” scheme because adult migrants were charged only ten pounds sterling for the fare, and most of them came from Britain. But In fact, the scheme was not limited to migrants from Britain but was also available to residents of British colonies such as Malta and Cyprus.
I would spend hours watching old World War Two movies in sepia with her elderly father and happily eat the expertly cooked offerings of freshly made dolmades,

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