43 Α feast of flavour the Great Britain and Western Europe. Red-soil potato remains to this day one of Cyprus’biggest export products. Production method: Potatoes are cultivated in two separate seasons. The spring crop is planted inNovember/ February and harvested in March/June. Seed for this crop is generally imported and EU certified. A portion of the spring crop is reserved as seed for the winter crop, planted in August/October and harvested in November/February. Both spring and winter crops are irrigated. After being uprooted, the tubers are collected by hand or with special machines and packaged close to the fields, ensuring the freshness of the product. In recent years, the usual practice has been to plant potatoes once every three years. According to the applied threefield rotation, planting with potatoes is followed by cereals for the next year and no planting at all for the third year. Gastronomy: Cooked in various ways such as oven-baked, boiled, fried, stuffed, mashed, etc., they are also used as an ingredient in several other dishes. Kolokasi Sotiras/ Kolokasi- Poulles Sotiras The name Kolokasi Sotiras/KolokasiPoulles Sotiras has been registered as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) since 3/8/2016. The plant“edible kolokasia” (Colocasia esculenta), commonly known as kolokasi, is a type of vegetable that belongs to the Araceae family and is cultivated in Cyprus for its edible starchy roots (“mappes” and “poulles”). History: The oldest reference on Cyprus kolokasi is dated to the 12th of May 1191, when kolokasi was served during dinner at the reception for the wedding of Richard Lionheart to Berengaria, at
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