Skopje Not Macedonia, But Feta is Greek

FYROM a.k.a. Macedonia, coffee a.k.a. Turkish coffee, halva a.k.a. Turkish halva, olive oil a.k.a. Italian extra virgin olive oil, the Mediterranean Diet, now involving countries such as Lebanon, Spain and Italy, the Thessaloniki 'koulouri' a.k.a. Turkish bagel, feta cheese a.k.a. white cheese and strained yogurt... only some of the political issues or products that have come to be associated with peoples or places other than Greece. Greeks, on the other hand, claim these as their own. And of course there are historical references and sources other than Wikipedia ('the free encyclopedia... that anyone can edit'), which attempt to verify in some way the truer origins of the above. The issue of origin is however irrelevant and will forever be subject to debate. What is relevant is the fact that Greece and Greeks feel deprived of their historic entitlements, whether this be the geography of FYROM or the basics of baklava.

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