kebabs

[jish156]

where did doner kebab originate?

[graemer]

I got this from an anatolian website:

Doner Kebab: Doner Kebab (Doner a Turkish word meaning "turning" or "revolving" and Kebab another Turkish word meaning "cooking-usually meat-on fire, BBQ") is one of the best known Turkish meat dishes, unashamedly hijacked by the Greeks as "yeros" or "geros" or "euros".

[Octavius]

The history of gyros (spitted spiced lamb) poses some unexpected questions. Certainly, the ingredients (lamb, pita bread, grilled vegetables, & seasonings) were known to Ancient peoples of the Middle East. Kebabs (roasted skewered meat) and other spiced meat minces have been sold by Middle Eastern and Greek street vendors for hundreds of years.

American (of course) food historians generally agree the name "gyro" and the current doner kebab product are both recent inventions, originating in the New York. According to the New York Times, modern gyros were very popular in the city during the early 1970s. They were marketed as fast food and embraced by diners looking for something different.

[kev100]

Prince Philip invented it

[KebabMeister]

Greek Goddess Doner :)

Sorry, my ears pricked up when Kebabs were mentioned!! :)

[Rooser]

I answered this one in the food and drink section but I'll repeat it here if you wish.

Like democracy, right-angled triangles and melon sex, kebabs were invented by the ancient Greeks around 400 BC. The philosopher Zeno formulated his famous Drunken Man Paradox that states: All those who are drunk will eat anything. Anything includes that which is inedible. Therefore a drunken man can eat that which cannot be eaten. To test his theory, he constructed a brown thing from the stuff he found in a skip out the back of a butchers near the Acropolis and set up outside a taverna. Due to the heat, it soon began to sweat and revolve. Nevertheless he managed to sell 250 of them at �3 a pop, to a group of philosophers who had been out since lunchtime with Archimedes, celebrating his principle. The Kebab had been invented, but didn�t arrive in Britain for another two and a half thousand years.
Anything you care to mention will be in a Kebab. See how many things you can spy going round on the spit in your local kebab house

Sheep�s eyes and eyelids
Sheep�s knackers
Cats
Pigs� arses
Sheep�s fannies
Unspecified tumours, cysts and lymphomas
Gristle
Turkey�s wattles
Sheep�s varicose veins
Anything rejected by Bernard Matthews

[KebabMeister]

Tastes good though... ;)

[TurkArmenian]

Kebabs were made no doubt from the TURKS and from the middle east foods.

[TurkArmenian]

Kebabs were no doubt made from the TURKS by middle eastern dishes n foods. EVERYTHING else is bull.