Should I try a gyro today?

[MongGrel]

Your deep knowledge of Greek cuisine, pulled from Google, is impressive indeed!

Yes, those serving TOURISTS in Athens add fries, and before long, if not already, it will spread to the rest of Greece.

But your GoogleFu is like some bozo landing at the Port Authority bus terminal in New York, getting a hot dog boiled in water on a crappy roll, and thinking they're now an authority on American hot dogs.

Tell that to a Chicagoan. (I'll let you google your own answer on that, my friend.)

Is about like Hawaii, the original local food there does not have pineapple in it.

 

[Ns1]

Is about like Hawaii, the original local food there does not have pineapple in it.

I'm going to guess the original local food didn't have spam in it either, but spam musubi is definitely authentic Hawaiian food.

 

[MongGrel]

I'm going to guess the original local food didn't have spam in it either, but spam musubi is definitely authentic Hawaiian food.

It's popular, but not authentic.

 

[Ns1]

It's popular, but not authentic.

it was created by people in HI using an imported US product, therefore it is authentic. Spam musubi most certainly wasn't invented by some dude in SF.

 

[MongGrel]

it was created by people in HI using an imported US product, therefore it is authentic.

*shrug*

It's not lomi lomi, etc.

 

[Ns1]

*shrug*

(just neffing for posts bro don't mind me)

 

[WT]

see above for pictures of fries in gyros in Athens.

*drool* .... sooooo want !!

 

[MongGrel]

(just neffing for posts bro don't mind me)

Probably have sent you one in the past, surprised if I haven't.

I always loved Bento plates with Spam.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[sdifox]

tell that to ireland?

They got punished by the potatoe famine

 

[MongGrel]

They got punished by the potatoe famine

http://www.counterfire.org/news/15601-greece-the-potato-revolt

:sneaky:

 

[sdifox]

your futile attempt at insults does not disprove my statement, that gyros are served with fries inside in Athens. You have most certainly not provided any evidence that gyros are served with fries inside only to tourists.




No seriously though - the pork shawarma part was delicious but I would prefer it w/o the fries.

Lulz pork shawarma... Then Persians are nkt big on pork.

 

[sdifox]

But then to be fair gyro shawarma and donner are basically the same concept.

 

[Ns1]

Lulz pork shawarma... Then Persians are nkt big on pork.

evidently the greeks are.

 

[MongGrel]

evidently the greeks are.

()

I'll refrain from any jokes that come to mind.

 

[Ns1]

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n/m I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore.

 

[sdifox]

evidently the greeks are.

Shawarma aint greek. Gyro is.

 

[sdifox]

There was this Turkish donner place I went to alot. Unfortunatly they went out of business and yet another crappy ramen place opened at that spot.

 

[KMFJD]

when i think of gyro i think of that meatloaf thing NS1 posted earlier it's always looked like that from my experience...Shawarma/Shoarma/Doner Kebabs are the other much better looking meat on a vertical spit...tastes much better imho

 

[sdifox]

when i think of gyro i think of that meatloaf thing NS1 posted earlier it's always looked like that from my experience...Shawarma/Shoarma/Doner Kebabs are the other much better looking meat on a vertical spit...tastes much better imho

I like both :awe:

 

[MongGrel]

I like both :awe:

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[MongGrel]

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n/m I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore.

Is KT a no lifer yet ?

power nef man.

()

 

[KMFJD]

I like both :awe:

oh yeah m2

 

[sdifox]

oh yeah m2

But I like the gyro served on a platter and the shawarma in a pita.

 

[zinfamous]

I think what you're seeing in those pics you just pulled off of google is the fusion/internationalization/mogrelization/bastardization of fast food culture everywhere in this increasingly smaller and interconnected planet, to wit:

That doesn't explain french fries being traditionally served in lomo saltado, a classic from Peru. Contemporary Peruvian cuisine is a mash of Chinese (from immigrants that had been settling for well over 100 years in the region) and typical traditional south American dishes: like ceviche, delicious beefy things, potatoes, guinea pigs, etc...

being native to south america, fried potatoes are and have been long common there, at least, I would imagine, as long as the Brusselians had first made them popular in western culture if not earlier. Further, the Irish emigrate all over the place, so why is it not possible that the Irish love of fried potatoes did not influence the inclusion of such in a rather traditional Greek dish prior to the advent of McD's?

 

[Ns1]

That doesn't explain french fries being traditionally served in lomo saltado, a classic from Peru. Contemporary Peruvian cuisine is a mash of Chinese (from immigrants that had been settling for well over 100 years in the region) and typical traditional south American dishes: like ceviche, delicious beefy things, potatoes, guinea pigs, etc...

being native to south america, fried potatoes are and have been long common there, at least, I would imagine, as long as the Brusselians had first made them popular in western culture if not earlier. Further, the Irish emigrate all over the place, so why is it not possible that the Irish love of fried potatoes did not influence the inclusion of such in a rather traditional Greek dish prior to the advent of McD's?

obviously lomo saltado w/ fries is only served to tourists.