Gyros - yea or nay?
 

So a guy I work with just walked in with a Gyro, and I wonder, how do you order your Gyro?

Me - no lettuce, extra onions, extra cuc. sauce, add a little kethcup.

Re: Gyros - yea or nay?
 

Understand the cynicism, but the humor is a little weak.

Hope we don't turn this which thread goes where into brain surgery.

When I go to the Pita Pit, I normally order my Gyro with tomatoes, onions and olives, with a lot of taziki and bbq sauce.

It's bomb..........

What is taziki sauce - is it cucumber sauce? I normally load up on cuc. sauce, however, I have never heard of taziki sauce. A restaurant just opened up down the street from my work, all authentic greek gyros. The guys at the counter hardly speak any english and they all communicate in their native language - its actually pretty cool.

It's a sauce that's cucumber in yoghurt with garlic, dahlink.............

Tzatsiki
Ingredients

½ cucumber
1 clove garlic, mashed
salt
bunch mint, chopped
½ lemon
1 tbsp olive oil
250ml/9fl oz Greek yoghurt

Method

1. Chop the cucumber into small cubes, place in a sieve and allow to drain.
2. In a large bowl mix the garlic, a good pinch of salt and one third of the mint. Add a squeeze of lemon and the olive oil, mix well.
3. Add the yoghurt, followed by the drained cucumber. Mix well and store in the fridge until needed.

Whered u get te recipe from?

Your wish is my command...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/da...iki_8650.shtml

You never cease to amaze me. Speaking of Ouzo, I do have a bottle of that here at home as well. I was talking with a co-worker the other day and she mentioned that it is made from a plant that produces hallucinegines. Anyone know if that is true? If so, it will be drank in moderation.(per the Englisch advise ov AOII_LB93).

Turn down the Flame!:o

Nope, she got it confused with abisinthe, which is made from the extract of the wormwood plant. Importation of abisinthe is prohibited by federal law. Ouzo (and its cousin, the Turkish raki, along with the French Pernod, Italian Sambuca and Spanish anis) is commonly used as a substitute for the forbidden abisinthe. In the US, the closest abisinthe substitute is Herbsaint, which contains no wormwood.

In olden days around the turn of the 20th century, there was Vin Mariani, which was wine mixed with either heroin or cocaine. Pretty potent (and addictive) stuff. The original formulation of Coca Cola included some cocaine, but the stuff we drink today contains very little, if any to trip up a drug test.

this thread is pointless

No its not. Look we all got to find out how to make Tzatsiki, and we learned the origin of Ouzo.

While gyros taste pretty good, I usually avoid them for 2 reasons:

1. I can never figure how to pronounce "gyro." If you say "gEYErow" you sound like a stupid dolt, but if you say "Heerow" like it's supposed to be pronounced, you sound pretentious (as pretentious as one can sound ordering a meal at a sub counter).

2. the meat on the rotating stick is very unappetizing.

1. When ordering that Greek delicacy on a pita, it's pronounced "yee-ROW". When referring to that vital piece without which autopilots wouldn't work it's a "gye-ROW" :)

2. That pressed and formed meat looks a damned sight better than a real side of lamb roasted on a spit! :)

I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but chuckle when I read this :)

And, to answer the original question, lettuce, tomato, onion and LOTS of that cucumber sauce stuff. Yummers!