Roma, gypsies and travelling people in Greece - Food

The Roma adapt their nutritional habits to those of the places they visit. So, in Greece they have adopted well-known Greek dishes. Greek coffee constitutes, as for the Greeks, the Roma's prefered drink and is a basic element of their everyday amusement, as it is combined with meeting friends and relatives. On their religious festivals they follow the food habits of the religious community where they belong. The Orthodox Christian Roma, for instance, prepare Easter cakes decorated with red eggs; they also retain certain specialities, such as the pletsinta (cheese-pie) for New Year's Day, and the sapitta (dough baked on a hot iron plate), an old type of bread.