Even if rain falls and the chilly weather makes you shiver, the smell of grilled meat can lure you to an open market. This holds even more true when the meat is offered free of charge.
Hundreds of Athenians queued up from early in the morning at the meat market, Varvakios Agora, to taste delicious bits of spicy sausage, lamb chops and chicken. A glass of wine would add to the festive mood of the day.
The meat sellers of Varvakios offered 1,000 kilos of meat and 200 liters of wine.
It is a Fat Thursday custom that meat sellers offer free BBQ at the Varvakios market in downtown Athens. Many people go there to enjoy BBQ grilled by meat masters.
But this year, the dramatic economic crisis has forced many residents of Athens to exclude meat and poultry from the weekly menu.
In the meat market of Piraeus, vendors will offer 750 servings of meat with rice.
(Source:http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com)
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