Meat and assorted vegetables served with flatbread, garlic sauce, and frites.
this is LEBANESE cuisine not greek
pork gyros
it's so much better in greece when they heat the pita in the pork fat
and some cheaper places use really really fatty pork which is good sometimes
gyros are lebanese kebab, be careful making it with pork, it's not how it was intended
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when i was growing up we lived very near a greek takeaway
it was just me and my mother, and on account of my father leaving she had developed a severe drinking problem
since she would often stay out late drinking and forget to feed me, she’d very often go to the takeaway and grab a couple gyros after she got home and remembered i needed to be fed
there were occasionally happy memories, but often if i ever dropped any and made a mess - which, if you’ve eaten gyros you’ll know is hard to avoid - she would berate and beat me
these memories made me completely avoid greek food for most of my adult life, and i also almost entirely cut my mother out of my life
but after she had attended AA and managed to get to a year sober, I went to see at our old apartment
it felt great to see her again, and to see the happy and loving woman i saw glimpses of throughout my childhood
after i said goodbye to her, i went to the old greek takeaway down the street, and it was fortunately still opened
i grabbed one, fully-loaded, and walked to a nearby park, eating it through tears of joy
i certainly have a complex relationship with them, but i say gyros
gyros are lebanese not greek, otherwise interesting story
>this is LEBANESE cuisine
no its not, Lebanese cuisine was not produced out of thin air and distributed its recipes across the place. These things pre-existed in most or all cultures in the Mediterranean and middle east one way or another.
Greeks do it better. Post something tasty or fuck off.
Probably need to squeeze moisture out of the spinach. If you use frozen spinach you can do it after thawing, if it's fresh then you'll have to cook it and let it cool then squeeze.
Either bake on the lowest oven rack, so that the bottom can get crispy
Or bake top till golden, then take out the pie and flip it over on itself, preferably using another large pan and some mittens, continue till ex-bottom is now crispy.
>Spanakopita
This. I love it homemade with herbs galore.
Galactoboureko is the custardy dessert version of this phyllo dish. It has a hint of floral in the syrup, sometimes maybe orange blossom or rose, though neither is very greek. I had some once in Bethlehem with a hint of cardamom in the syrup that was unique too. I remember the flavor in my mind a whole 25 years later.
I don't get how or why anybody ever mentions Greek seafood.
Who was there first is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is what they like to eat. Example: Americans like to eat French fries. Fries were invented in Paris, France in the early 1800s. They then quickly moved north to Belgium and the Netherlands, where they stayed. Meanwhile they completely disappeared from France. Fries are Belgian, Dutch and American. Not French. It's not rocket science.
pork gyros
it's so much better in greece when they heat the pita in the pork fat
and some cheaper places use really really fatty pork which is good sometimes
when i was growing up we lived very near a greek takeaway
it was just me and my mother, and on account of my father leaving she had developed a severe drinking problem
since she would often stay out late drinking and forget to feed me, she’d very often go to the takeaway and grab a couple gyros after she got home and remembered i needed to be fed
there were occasionally happy memories, but often if i ever dropped any and made a mess - which, if you’ve eaten gyros you’ll know is hard to avoid - she would berate and beat me
these memories made me completely avoid greek food for most of my adult life, and i also almost entirely cut my mother out of my life
but after she had attended AA and managed to get to a year sober, I went to see at our old apartment
it felt great to see her again, and to see the happy and loving woman i saw glimpses of throughout my childhood
after i said goodbye to her, i went to the old greek takeaway down the street, and it was fortunately still opened
i grabbed one, fully-loaded, and walked to a nearby park, eating it through tears of joy
i certainly have a complex relationship with them, but i say gyros
I'm Australian and I haven't had a souvlaki in years. They're so expensive now. I just get kebabs instead since they're basically the same thing but with garlic sauce instead of tzatziki. If memory serves me right, I enjoyed tzatziki a lot more.
>posts pic of lebanese food and asks what Culinalys favorite greek food is >"tee hee, I bet this will cause a lot of drama!"
You're not as clever as you think you are, fag
Gyros is nice but that's only scratching the surface. It's street food.
I come from a cypriot family and these wete my favourites growing up:
- pastichio (like a lasagne but more based because not as sloppa. Fried pork mince in a tomato sauce layered between macaroni and bechamel sauce with a sprinkling of cheese on top and pinch of cinnamon)
- Afelia (pork marinated in red wine then fried with coriander seeds)
- Octopus Stifado and the variation where squid bodies are stuffed with rice.
- sheftalia (pork sausage meat wrapped in caul fat) A god tier sausage.
- loukanika (red wine marinated smoky sausage). Like the most savoury sausage you have ever eaten.
- flaounes (cheese, mint and sultana pastries eaten at Easter) and tyropites (basically just the filling baked like a cake). Treads a fine line between savoury and sweet, it'll blow your mind.
- kourabiedes (almond shortbread, sometimes with brandy and pistachio nuts dusted with icing and a hint of rosewater).
New England style Greek pizza.
Shawurma and doner
wraps are lebanese
both are lebanese learn geography and history
from kebab which is LEBANESE not greek
this is LEBANESE cuisine not greek
gyros are lebanese kebab, be careful making it with pork, it's not how it was intended
gyros are lebanese not greek, otherwise interesting story
thank you, finally someone said it
calm down Abdul
>lebanese
So literally French.
>this is LEBANESE cuisine
no its not, Lebanese cuisine was not produced out of thin air and distributed its recipes across the place. These things pre-existed in most or all cultures in the Mediterranean and middle east one way or another.
Greeks do it better. Post something tasty or fuck off.
>Lebanese
Last I checked Bursa was in Turkey.
>Turkey
turco-mongol cuisine is the least contributor and the turks the greatest thieves.
>Bursa originated the big meat amalgamation vertical spit roasting
>B-But
Don't be retarded, anon.
fuck you
Pastitsio
tpbp this stuff is so good it's unbelievable.
Gyros obviously.
Meat and assorted vegetables served with flatbread, garlic sauce, and frites.
Saganaki, then mixed grill. Lots of wine and smashing of plates.
Whatever that lemon pepper and herb chicken and potato dish it is they serve at weddings. I could eat that forever
twinks
Spanakopita
How do i make sure the bottoms dont get soggy
Probably need to squeeze moisture out of the spinach. If you use frozen spinach you can do it after thawing, if it's fresh then you'll have to cook it and let it cool then squeeze.
Either bake on the lowest oven rack, so that the bottom can get crispy
Or bake top till golden, then take out the pie and flip it over on itself, preferably using another large pan and some mittens, continue till ex-bottom is now crispy.
These. When I was a kid, my mom would make huge trays of spanakopita all the time and pastitsio or lamb leg roasts on special occasions, shit was cash
>Spanakopita
This. I love it homemade with herbs galore.
Galactoboureko is the custardy dessert version of this phyllo dish. It has a hint of floral in the syrup, sometimes maybe orange blossom or rose, though neither is very greek. I had some once in Bethlehem with a hint of cardamom in the syrup that was unique too. I remember the flavor in my mind a whole 25 years later.
so good
Musaka
What's the difference between Greek and Turkish food?
About 702 miles
Greeks eat pork and so many dishes are made from it.
greeks argue the turks stole all of their food and turks argue the greek stole all of their food.
who was there first?
I don't get how or why anybody ever mentions Greek seafood.
Who was there first is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is what they like to eat. Example: Americans like to eat French fries. Fries were invented in Paris, France in the early 1800s. They then quickly moved north to Belgium and the Netherlands, where they stayed. Meanwhile they completely disappeared from France. Fries are Belgian, Dutch and American. Not French. It's not rocket science.
if the roaches return Constantinople, then we'll talk
souvlaki
SPANAKOPITA
None, Greeks are greek to me.
pork gyros
it's so much better in greece when they heat the pita in the pork fat
and some cheaper places use really really fatty pork which is good sometimes
Spanakopita
that dessert thing that has a golden flaky crust and it's stuck together with honey
when i was growing up we lived very near a greek takeaway
it was just me and my mother, and on account of my father leaving she had developed a severe drinking problem
since she would often stay out late drinking and forget to feed me, she’d very often go to the takeaway and grab a couple gyros after she got home and remembered i needed to be fed
there were occasionally happy memories, but often if i ever dropped any and made a mess - which, if you’ve eaten gyros you’ll know is hard to avoid - she would berate and beat me
these memories made me completely avoid greek food for most of my adult life, and i also almost entirely cut my mother out of my life
but after she had attended AA and managed to get to a year sober, I went to see at our old apartment
it felt great to see her again, and to see the happy and loving woman i saw glimpses of throughout my childhood
after i said goodbye to her, i went to the old greek takeaway down the street, and it was fortunately still opened
i grabbed one, fully-loaded, and walked to a nearby park, eating it through tears of joy
i certainly have a complex relationship with them, but i say gyros
gyros are lebanese, not greek
didn’t read
>Lebanese
Weird way to say Turkish.
I have no opinion on gyros i just think you're gay.
I'm Australian and I haven't had a souvlaki in years. They're so expensive now. I just get kebabs instead since they're basically the same thing but with garlic sauce instead of tzatziki. If memory serves me right, I enjoyed tzatziki a lot more.
Cabbage leaf Dolmathes followed closely by Mousaka.
saganaki cheese. thought it was dank coming out on fire then you drizzle lemon juice on it, so cash
Mousaka, soublaki, karudopita, baklaba, galaktompoureko.
I like those wrapped up vine leaf things
This isn't a Greek dish you uneducated retard
could murder a yiros right now
Beef stifado, no contest
Is it weird that I like gyros without the yogurt?
no its not, you (almost) never see yogurt in gyros in Greece. you do see it with tzatziki, among other things
>throw some feta cheese on a plain salad
we wuz plato an sheeit
>posts pic of lebanese food and asks what Culinalys favorite greek food is
>"tee hee, I bet this will cause a lot of drama!"
You're not as clever as you think you are, fag
Gyros is nice but that's only scratching the surface. It's street food.
I come from a cypriot family and these wete my favourites growing up:
- pastichio (like a lasagne but more based because not as sloppa. Fried pork mince in a tomato sauce layered between macaroni and bechamel sauce with a sprinkling of cheese on top and pinch of cinnamon)
- Afelia (pork marinated in red wine then fried with coriander seeds)
- Octopus Stifado and the variation where squid bodies are stuffed with rice.
- sheftalia (pork sausage meat wrapped in caul fat) A god tier sausage.
- loukanika (red wine marinated smoky sausage). Like the most savoury sausage you have ever eaten.
- flaounes (cheese, mint and sultana pastries eaten at Easter) and tyropites (basically just the filling baked like a cake). Treads a fine line between savoury and sweet, it'll blow your mind.
- kourabiedes (almond shortbread, sometimes with brandy and pistachio nuts dusted with icing and a hint of rosewater).
souvlaki obv
The chick from Providence when it first aired. She was still eminently fuckable