Skip to content
Greece Beef
Facts about beef in Greece
- The average per capita meat consumption in Greece last 2010 is about 70 kg
- One of the most well known meat dishes is moussaka- which is eggplant- ground beef (or lamb or pork)- potatoes and tomato sauce with béchamel which illustrates the way the Greek chefs use meat as a component to a dish.
- Sheep and goat meat is the most important sector of animal production in Greece- representing 43% of the gross value of animal production
- Beef is found in areas of Greece where there is room for the lazy cattle to graze on much more feed to meat ratio.
- as may also be a shock to you and many others- in Greece- and in Europe in general- meat was saved for Sundays. If there was any at all. It was not a daily breakfast- lunch and dinner staple.