Clean Monday is approaching and naturally, all the bakers are preparing for this day, long before, so that they can make the best, crispy, tasty and sesame lagana. So do we, at Kaklidis Bakery.
But let’s say a few words about what it actually is and what does lagana symbolize?
The history of lagana or “unleavened bread” comes from the depths of antiquity. It was a rough, unleavened bread made with only flour and water and marked the beginning of the longest fast, Lent. The simplicity of this bread also meant the simplicity that the faithful had to adopt in order to start their fast. This simplistic prescription essentially referred believers to more important things, such as the preparation of the soul.
Therefore, Monday was purely a day of literal and figurative cleansing (because we enter a period of repentance and self-restraint), and the fast began with unleavened bread. Which meant that we eat, not for pleasure but for sustenance.
So the delicious lagana we know today may not look much like that lagana back then, nevertheless it is part of our tradition, customs and place.
Therefore, like every year, this year too, we keep the tradition, and on Clean Monday in our bakeries you will find a wide variety of lagans, made with various flavor combinations and a lot of love, and with our whole team ready to serve you as throughout the day and for whatever you need. Why …. it may be Shrove Monday, but we, at Kaklidis Bakery…. we don’t fly a kite!!!
