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Kos Local Products: Information about the local products of KosHandmade fine art
The island of Kos produces fine porcelains, ceramics, jewellery and weavings. The villages of Antimahia and Asfendiou are specialised in handmade weavings.

Local dishes
Various mouth-watering dishes can be tasted in Kos such as the pork cooked with cracked wheat, the “krasotiri” (cheese cooked with wine), the “xinomitzithra” (soured local cheese), “galomitzithra” (milky local cheese), stuffed vegetables, wild rabbit with onions, zucchini flowers stuffed with rice, grain bread as well as local meat, fish and shellfish cooked in various ways.

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Sweets
In Kos various traditional Greek sweets can be found such as the famous baklava, the loukoumades (sort of honey puffs), halva with honey and the kourabiedes (shortbread biscuits with almonds and castor-sugar).
Local sweets such as sarsoumades with honey, fruits in syrup and xerotigana (fried pastry) are also worth-trying.
The villages of Kefalos and Antimahia are specialised in honey, which is really excellent.

Drinks
The wines served in Kos are with resin, white or sweet red.

Herbs and spices
Various tasty spices and herbs with an incredible aroma can be found in Kos such as camomile, mint (called sapsicho), sage, cinnamon and oregano.
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