Re: Well, I've never seen a doner kebab, so I can't really speak to that...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 09/09/2010 12:32:28 AM
But pitas can be made in a variety of ways. First, grilled meat stuffed into a pita with sauce and veggies; secondly rotisseried meat (usually a combination meat, lamb, beef, chicken, pressed into a cylindrical shape) that is shaved into slices and put into pita bread with veggies and sauce; and the third way I've seen pita done was with pre-sliced portions of meat that were heated and put inside pita with sauce and veggies.
Grilled on one of those rotating grills, too? Or a normal one? But yeah, like I said, the difference is slight - döner kebabs have the same thing of sliced meat with veggies and sauce put into a special kind of bread. It's just the meat and bread that are a bit different, and even then not by much, and not even in every case.
The bread is always "pita bread." There might be variation for region or flavors... but it's a six inch round of flatbread.
Yeah, same as the pita bread we got here, then. Around here, kebab bread is much larger, somewhat different in taste, and cut into quarters, so you end up getting a piece of bread that's still larger than a pita, and is open at the top and at one side (makes eating them without everything falling out a bit of a challenge, sometimes). But odds are they use other kinds of bread in other countries.
The fact that döner kebabs are a good bit larger than pitas explains why it's seen as a bit of a health hazard, though - iirc the worst offenders have clocked in at over 2000 cals, which is obviously rather too much to eat in a single meal. I might be misremembering that, but really a ton of calories, anyway.

Do you know the weirdest thing about Scotland?
08/09/2010 11:26:18 PM
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True, and I agree with your theory.
08/09/2010 11:31:46 PM
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deep fried mars bars? *NM*
08/09/2010 11:34:09 PM
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They're actually very tasty. *NM*
08/09/2010 11:34:33 PM
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shame that they look like a heart attack tho. *NM*
09/09/2010 12:01:12 AM
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Eat them with your eyes closed?
09/09/2010 12:01:46 AM
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*twitches*
09/09/2010 12:04:21 AM
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Kebabs are not repulsive! You're repulsive!
09/09/2010 12:07:33 AM
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Hm.
09/09/2010 12:13:06 AM
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I mostly mean meat on a stick, with the occasional veggie, roasted over fire or grilled.
09/09/2010 12:14:43 AM
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Ah. In Britain, "kebab" means Doner Kebab. I think they call the other one Shish Kebab.
09/09/2010 12:17:56 AM
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I've heard shishkebab before, but just assumed it was shortened to kebab.
09/09/2010 12:21:22 AM
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It is a good question - what's the difference between pita and (döner) kebab.
09/09/2010 12:20:38 AM
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Well, I've never seen a doner kebab, so I can't really speak to that...
09/09/2010 12:24:57 AM
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Re: Well, I've never seen a doner kebab, so I can't really speak to that...
09/09/2010 12:32:28 AM
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Gyro
09/09/2010 12:29:42 AM
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Now, Gyros I know.
09/09/2010 12:31:55 AM
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I'm thinking "Aladdin's Gyrocery" isn't Greek...
Awesome name though. *NM*
09/09/2010 12:33:10 AM
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Yes but in Scotland, your Gyro is something completely different.
09/09/2010 09:56:52 AM
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Uhg! I went to Scotland and ate nothing deep fried! Ben! Where is my Mars bar??? *NM*
09/09/2010 12:03:22 AM
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Maybe he figured you didn't want to eat American food staples while you were there. *NM*
09/09/2010 12:26:30 AM
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But the Fried Mars Bar is for some reason, a Scotish national dish! We did have great food though mm *NM*
09/09/2010 04:32:10 AM
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Similar in Mexico...
08/09/2010 11:38:46 PM
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Huh.
08/09/2010 11:40:27 PM
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Yuh huh.
08/09/2010 11:44:08 PM
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Well. My lecturers and tutors left that out.
08/09/2010 11:47:21 PM
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Much shame on them.
08/09/2010 11:49:57 PM
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Re: Much shame on them.
08/09/2010 11:53:37 PM
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True... most Chicanos prefer it a bit warmer than "freezing cold."
08/09/2010 11:55:23 PM
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Jugo? I'd say zumo...
08/09/2010 11:51:10 PM
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I'm probably strange, but that makes me think of tomatoes.
08/09/2010 11:58:51 PM
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Might be used for tomatoes too, sure. But zumo de naranja, zumo de manzana, etc., all works.
09/09/2010 12:01:47 AM
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zumo is Spanish-Spanish, I believe
09/09/2010 09:02:14 AM
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Yeah, but I was confused because Rebekah said jugo was Spanish-Spanish. *NM*
09/09/2010 09:47:21 AM
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I don't know if that's weirder than manskirts, musical vacuum cleaners and eating sheep guts... *NM*
08/09/2010 11:40:03 PM
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*NM*
08/09/2010 11:44:41 PM
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
08/09/2010 11:42:32 PM
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What, Spain and Scotland (okay, and Brittany) are "almost every European country" now?
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08/09/2010 11:52:18 PM
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There was some unexpected country with bagpipes the other day.
08/09/2010 11:56:07 PM
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Actually, this is a better list.
08/09/2010 11:57:47 PM
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Okay. We'll just have to conclude they're really, really obscure/rare in most of those countries.
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09/09/2010 12:00:07 AM
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Well. They're certainly not popular anymore.
09/09/2010 12:01:12 AM
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I can't imagine why
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09/09/2010 12:26:29 AM
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Awww. Bagpipes played well are lovely.
09/09/2010 12:32:36 AM
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it also helps if they arn't played right down your ear *NM*
09/09/2010 12:44:38 AM
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What are you talking about, bagpipe music rocks! *NM*
09/09/2010 12:33:43 AM
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Thanks! I'll be here all week
*NM*
09/09/2010 12:27:13 AM
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I'll be sure to tip the waitress... and can I try the veal?
*NM*
09/09/2010 12:28:12 AM
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Veal makes me sad.
*NM*
09/09/2010 12:39:09 AM
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As long as it's produced ethically, I don't feel bad enjoying it.
*NM*
09/09/2010 12:40:16 AM
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I dunno.
09/09/2010 12:43:01 AM
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It's OK...
09/09/2010 12:45:41 AM
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Rocky mountain... oysters? Buh?
09/09/2010 12:50:05 AM
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Hey Rebekah?
09/09/2010 12:05:09 AM
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The Scots. *NM*
09/09/2010 03:19:04 AM
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You stole my answer.
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09/09/2010 06:16:30 PM
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This post betrays your origins as an interloper and not a native Scot.
09/09/2010 09:23:21 AM
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World citizen. That's what I am.
09/09/2010 10:11:10 AM
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As Rebekah said, the SNP needs to keep its supporters hungry.
09/09/2010 10:51:33 AM
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Haha "juice"!?
09/09/2010 12:44:28 PM
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09/09/2010 04:15:07 PM
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It's nearly the same thing in your ancestral language, you know.
*NM*
09/09/2010 04:19:31 PM
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Dr. Maj Ander? No?
09/09/2010 02:57:30 PM
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I expected so much better from you.
10/09/2010 02:16:21 PM
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Well. Yes. But no.
09/09/2010 04:14:24 PM
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Yehbutnobut
10/09/2010 02:36:40 PM
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That is one of the two really great things to come out of Ireland.
10/09/2010 02:39:43 PM
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~ponders~
10/09/2010 02:23:33 PM
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I just can't imagine what a deep fried Donner Kebab would taste like.
10/09/2010 02:36:55 PM
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Kebab deliciousness, to the power of ten? Maybe?
10/09/2010 02:56:09 PM
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Hopefully. I am at work right through to 11pm, should get to the chippie around 7pm....
10/09/2010 03:01:02 PM
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