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“A Greek Easter soup made from lamb offal, its form changes across regions from broth to fricassee.”
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Magiritsa (Greek: μαγειρίτσα Greek pronunciation: [maɣiˈrit͡sa]) is a Greek soup made from lamb offal, associated with the Easter (Pascha) tradition of the Greek Orthodox Church. Accordingly, Greek-Americans and Greek-Canadians sometimes call it "Easter soup", "Easter Sunday soup", or "Easter lamb soup". In some parts of Greece, most notably Thessaly, it is not served as soup but rather as a fricassee, where it contains only offal and large variety of vegetables, but no onions or rice, as in the soup.
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Magiritsa is a Greek soup that arrives at the Easter table carrying centuries of Orthodox tradition. Built from lamb offal and simmered into something that transforms humble parts into celebration, it shifts shape across Greece—soup in some regions, a vegetable-studded fricassee without rice or onions in Thessaly, proving how a single dish bends to local hands.
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- tied to significant cultural tradition
- regional adaptability
- transforms simple ingredients
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