Flower of Gialos

Two hundred steps from the shore, Papadiamantis and Miaouli, opened in 2020 at Shadow a puppet shop that manufactures and sells the traditional sweets of Skiathos. The title of “Flower of Gialos", Taken from the homonymous short story of the great Skiathos writer Alexandros Papadiamantis, which ends as follows:

«Μερικοὶ λένε, πὼς τὸ Ἄνθος τοῦ Γιαλοῦ ἔγινεν ἀνθός, ἀφρὸς τοῦ κύματος. Κ᾿ ἡ Σπίθα ἐκείνη, ἡ φωτιὰ τοῦλασγου ποὺ εἶδες, Μάνο, εἶναι ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ Βασιλόπουλου, ποὺ ἔλυωσε, σβήσθηκε στὰ σίδερα τῆς σκλαβιᾶς, καὶ κανεὶς δὲν τὴν βλέπει πιά, παρὰ μόνον καθα καιροι οἱν our years ".

The purity of the white Skopelos sweets and the faith of the two "light-shaded" girls who, in defiance of modern times, lit a spark Skiathos tradition, is evident in the welcoming space of the store.

Η Joan and I'm dying (and her daughter matron) active members Skiathos Women's Association offer to the visitors of the island, but also to the locals traditional sweets of the island.

And while you can find almonds in all the Aegean islands - almond trees are the only fruit trees, along with figs that do not need water -, what stands out and characterizes Skiathos is the amulet. With frequent references to the short stories of the two short story writers of the island (Al. Papadiamantis, Al. Moraitidis) the chaimali is a fried dough (like about the xerotigana), stuffed with walnut, honey, bread crumbs, cinnamon and nutmeg made with nutmeg It is made in a shape like a pouch, which at the end is sprinkled with powdered sugar.

The peculiarity of the Himalayan lies in its complex shape but also in its content, and this, because there were plenty of walnuts on the island - in contrast to the other islands - and so they supplied the walnuts to make the Himalayas.

Himalayas, even today, are offered as wedding favors and christenings and of course they are the sweeter souvenir which one can get from the island from "Anthos tou Gialos".