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Threpsini or "grape cream" belongs to the category of foods that have been lost over the years. Specifically, alongside foods like boubota, zacharopsomo, and others, it is on the list of "foods of the poor" that nourished the Greeks in the last century.
Threpsini is a pure product made from genuine grape juice, and it certainly deserves a place on our table and in our diet. It is an ideal choice for everyone because, apart from its countless benefits, it contains no added preservatives or sugar. It is used as a spread on bread, enhances the flavor of sweets, ice creams, and even our crepes.
Threpsini and Petimezi
Until the 1960s, when our food options were limited, slices of bread were spread with petimezi or threpsini. Petimezi is the thick syrup that results from the must of grapes, while threpsini, which was sold in cans, was a cream also known as stafidini, made from grapes. It was the most common and nutritious snack for children in the '50s and '60s. Stafidini is raisin syrup, used in baking, confectionery, and winemaking.
The characterization of the composition and the evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of stafidini was extensively studied by researchers Konstantinos Zachari-Angelopoulos and Fotini N. Lamari at the Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products at the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Patras in Rio.
The name Threpsini is primarily associated with a popular food that appeared in Greece toward the end of the 1940s, although as a product category, it was legally established in 1932. It refers to a dense cream made from concentrated raisin extract, also known as stafidini.
Over time, Threpsini faded from use, although stafidini as an ingredient in pastry has never stopped being used. Today, it is making a comeback as the ultimate superfood. It has powerful antioxidant properties derived from grape juice. Under the same name, but as "grape cream," made from concentrated grape juice and with a different composition, it aims to secure a place in our daily lives.
Its aroma resembles baked must, dried raisins, and caramel. Its taste is sweet with a subtle acidity that prevents it from becoming overwhelming.
It particularly loves nuts, cereal flakes, and pink pepper. Drizzle it over yogurt, granola, or muesli with seeds and superfoods.
Raisins:
In the early 1890s, black raisins, Greece's top export product, lost demand in international markets, causing their selling prices to plummet during a period of overproduction in the country. The drop in prices led to the collapse of the Greek raisin economy.
Under pressure from raisin producers, the state tried to alleviate the situation with various support measures, one of which was the purchase of raisins and their use in the production of cheap alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and syrup (stafidini).
In this way, raisins began to play an important role in distillation and confectionery.
In 1936, to support raisin producers, the dictator Ioannis Metaxas passed a law banning the use of sugar in the confectionery industry. Stafidini became the dominant sweetener until 1965, when the law was repealed.
