Hilopites

Hilopites are small, square egg pasta, the name loosely breaking down as hilos (porridge) and pites (pies). On my first vacation to Greece as a young child, I remember visiting mountain village homes and staring at women, in awe, as they made this pasta, then cut them into a million pieces by hand. They would then spread them onto bed sheets to dry out. I’d wonder: Why would anyone go through all this trouble for a simple, teeny-tiny pasta? But then I tasted the freshly made h