Vavouraki Estate
At Crete This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. apaki It is prepared by many butchers and several important butchers, such as Lampakis, Markakis, Antonakis. From all of them I chose to meet him Michalis Vavourakis, the mechanical engineer from Rethimno, a philosophical man, whose love for nature and his belief in the principles of organic farming and animal husbandry turned him to organic pig breeding in the homonymous Vavouraki Estate.
In Koxare of Rethymno, in a ridge, in an untouched environment, in 170 acres of land, a population of 20 sows and 200 pigs is bred and reproduces normally in Vavouraki Estate, without hormones or drugs, eating the crops of the estate, fruits and roots, wild grasses and certified cereals. However, I admired the wedding suite of the couples - the boar and the pig - where they sleep together before the sexual intercourse takes place!
The products at the Vavouraki Estate bear the BIO distinction and are carefully prepared according to old homemade recipes. The boneless steak, the Cretan sausage, the apaki and the sour sausage have been pointed out by gourmet journalists and can be found in selected stores.
Ο Michael, a very sweet and modest man, wins you over with the first conversation. His dreams are many, as well as his faith. A thinking and sensitive professional, he sculpts in his own way the recipe for his success: Cretan flavors which were in danger of being lost, traditional recipes, respect for the environment, traditional ways of breeding, modern quality ways of standardization and promotion, but above all a completely Cretan ethos - which finds its culmination in the celebrations of "piglet" that take place every autumn at home, overlooking the Libyan sea, to celebrate with many of his friends (among them are the best cooks of the island) the ancient custom of slaughtering a pig.
His great joy is that his son is following in his footsteps and going even further, preparing a meat standardization workshop in Atsipopoulo. Good luck.
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- AddressKoxare, Rethymno 74100, Crete
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- CategoryProducers
- LocationCrete
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