Greece Xploring Results - Maritina

Maritina
Maritina is in her late 30’s, she married with a little girl and pregnant. She is expecting her second girl and she seems very happy about it! She is working in a State Agency and she is counting the days for her maternal leave.
She reports that she loves good food though cooking is something that she shares with her husband who also loves cooking. It seems that Maritina is preparing the simpler and everyday dishes while Yiannis (also in his late 30’s and a lawyer) is preparing the recipes that need many ingredients and a more lengthy procedure. Many times they are cooking together especially when they are cooking for one of their famous dinners with friends or relatives, sometimes with both!

They seem to be a well-organized couple: they are visiting a hyper market once a month for long lasting products, they are visiting a super market for the week’s supplies, and they are buying their meat at the local butcher and fruit and vegetables from the local open-market. Yiannis has also an open eye for different and interesting ingredients or even ready-made cakes from the States since those cakes are world-famous.

They report that family life calls for organization since they have to have cooked food everyday both for the little one and the pregnant mother who needs to carefully monitor her diet. They also like to eat out frequently as it is a form of going out where they can take their daughter with them.
Maritina reports that she prefers to follow the Mediterranean and Greek cuisine. Yiannis is more open to experimentation with new recipes he finds on TV cooking programs or magazines or the internet. He reports that many times the final outcome is not that promising as it was on TV or the Net. They are also looking for simple and fun recipes for their daughter who does not have eating very high in her priorities. Yiannis was cooking pasta with Dora the Explorer since the little “princess” wanted to eat pasta.
Butter is one ingredient that they always have at their fridge. They have one kind of butter for cooking, VITAM, and another, LURPAK, for eating. Maritina reports that Yiannis is not very loyal to this arrangement and that he prefers to use LURPAK to cooking as well since he believes that it offers great and full taste. Maritina seems a little more worried about their cholesterol levels and the calories and she tries to use more VITAM. The little “princess” seems to share dad’s preferences for LURPAK on bread with honey. Yiannis is using also butter to make sweets like home-made chocolate truffles.

They are also experimenting with bio products, especially for their daughter and they are frequently buying organic foods for the home cooking.
They report that they are both loyal to brands though they have an open eye for new products and brands. They even experiment private super market labels in some super market categories like beers but seldom on food categories.