Strakas

Η Straka family is the only family of the dozens of sausages that existed in the past on Stagiates of Volos, and which since 1850 holds its tradition Pelion sausage.

According to the traditions and the writings of the historian Giannis Kordatos, from 1750 to 1850 in Stagiates there was a remarkable domestic activity of sausage production with a serious turnover.

The sausages of Stagiaki of the time, knew well the secrets of the production of sausage and passed them on from the father to the child, so that the knowledge of the work never goes out of the village. To buy the best animals they traveled to the animal markets of Macedonia and Thessaly to choose buffaloes - at that time plowing in the plains was done with buffaloes - calves, pigs and goats and sheep that were transported by rail to Volos and from there through the monopods village.

The Straka family from 1850 he was jealous of export activities and sent his sausages Pelion in wooden crates to be sold in Alexandria and in European countries.

Ο Nikos Strakas, today -fifth generation Strakeon- dedicated to the meraklidiki art, produces various types of sausages that are most suitable for spetzofai, the trademark food of Pelion.

In more detail, the sausages They come in the following types: mixed pork and beef, mixed beef and pork with mutton, spicy beef sausages with beef intestine, pork sausages with leek and orange, and finally strakakia, 5 small sausages in straw for children .

Nikos, a man out of heart, is all day at gas station-laboratory at 12A Agiou Dimitriou Street, in Agia Dimitriada, prepares sausages, elaborates ideas - the last one that was implemented was his collaboration with AB Vassilopoulos - and welcomes his customers with his sea bream and his new experiments - I had a wonderful pastry .

Next to him, his wife serves the customers of the gas station, with their products, but she also promotes local products such as cheese, honey, tsipoura, trahanades, pasta, halvades and of course my favorite tsitsiravla (local herb in pickles). I promise you a walk in Strakas will be good for you, because among other things you will get a small manual with recipes from delicious Pelion delicacies, such as spentzofai, giants, baked potatoes and trachana, all with Straka sausages!