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Collection of recipes and tips to survive and save the crumbs in a bowl is an incredible success as the country struggles to cope

is the ultimate handbook to tighten their belts: no meat? Promote an eggplant through the mill in place. Chew your food long enough to make your stomach feel full. And do not forget to wipe the crumbs from his table and in a jar.

Here are some of the Greeks used to survive the occupation of World War II were collected recipes from hunger - a cookbook that became a surprise hit, and millions of Greeks struggling to survive in a new era of difficulties caused by the economic crisis.

In the dark years of occupation, starving the Athenians invented ways to stay alive, aided by the advice columns in newspapers every day of the capital known as "survival guides."

historian and schoolteacher Eleni spent 18 months compiling recipes and survival tips Nikolaidou - combing through more than 6000 newspaper clippings 1941-1944 Nazi scanned to produce his book. Recipes from hunger was launched this year and is now in its second printing.

"It was just to survive with very little," said Nikolaidou.

She ran on the issue two years ago while working on a master's degree in economics from war in Greece.

"I read an article on the cover of a newspaper:" How the crumbs "- a little each day so you can have a cup of crumbs from the end of the week, more than survive. really caught my attention. "

She was attracted to the details:. Horseshoes used to support the wrong shoes, sand baked to preserve lemons and stray cats and dogs killed in the streets of Athens for dinner

"People came up with new ways to deceive their stomachs: They were not carriers designed to reduce appetite and were asked to chew their food very, very slowly, so I felt as they were eating more. "Nikolaidou said.

"There was no sugar available, so that in weddings, black people have given almonds. Grape Pulp is used as a sweetener."

coffee cafes had not, who served a beer made from ground chickpeas. Newspaper articles at the same time encouraged the Athenians to make the best of him.

"The new coffee as much as you can have a coffee before the war, because people visiting the cafe for something more than coffee," wrote one newspaper.

Author Oxigono said hunger has sold about 2,000 copies - considered an early success, despite the modest number, aided by the appearance Nikolaidou on television, newspaper articles and Internet rumors. A third shot is scheduled this month.

After decades of overspending, Greece was forced from late 2009 to deal with their finances ruined by taxation, and survive the harsh emergency loans from the IMF and the EU Europe.

The result means that nine out of ten Greeks change their food buying habits, according to a September survey by the consumer organization Kepka. People eat less, reduce meat consumption and exchange of quality brands of food substitutes cheaper.

The growing demand for food at reasonable prices has been known for magazines and a new batch of cookbooks from the budget, such as economics and cooking family meals for ? 5 - 110. Revenue for the financial crisis

But the extreme difficulty in war has little in common with the current crisis. Although the number of empty shops and homeless is growing every day, coffee shops of Athens are busy and the streets full of cars. During the occupation, the bodies were gathered in the street every morning, the hills were stripped of wild plants and their families had to be maintained throughout the day with their chicken yard co guard.

"Most people spend more than necessary, and continue to eat poorly," said Bletsas, who runs the site in English cooking is out of a book in 2010 on the frugal eaters .