Horta

For me, horta is one of my favorite dishes - it's all a matter of perspective. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

The name horta is taken from the word "horticulture". ❋ Unknown (2009)

My childhood memories consist of a carload of Greek mothers all going to the outer bush areas and looking for wild "horta"! ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Usually, I prepare kale the way Greeks eat their 'horta' ... boiled with olive oil and lemon juice ... a tad boring ... ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Ikaria's population are famous for living to a ripe age, on a diet based on vegetables, olive oil, honey and horta wild greens. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I love horta for their flavour, healthy properties and taste. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Local huntsmen know it well and harvest it for boiled salads or add it to tsigariasta horta. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Maria, although I just used radishes last night, I think horta salata is always best with a mixture of greens rather than just one - and radishes are a good addition to the mix. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

I can't seem to get horta so I just boil silverbeet and dress them with "ladi & lemoni" ... this is beautiful! ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

As for horta ... all we can eat in Greece next month! ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

Peter, silverbeet (swiss chard in the US) makes wonderful horta - you're not "settling" at all! ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

A man from my church was telling me about scrabbling for horta and people dropping dead in the streets from starvation. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2008)

The founder of horta are seven students of BogorInstitute of Agriculture (IPB) majoring in horticulture, under the guidance of Dr.Ir. Ni Made Armini Wiendy, MS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ivy, me too, I love seskoula in pretty much anything, it is one of my favorite kinds of horta. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2007)

The sides include a creamy mascarpone polenta, oven-roasted sunchokes and horta, “Greek greens” that turned out to be red Swiss chard. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In fact, he always had enjoyed the feeling of weightlessness, taking to zero-g combat training at Starfleet Academy like a newborn horta to a granite quarry. ❋ Dayton Ward (2004)