Re: OT: Shapes of Fast Food (Re: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words))

Henrik Theiling wrote:

> "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> writes:
> >...
> > http://www.gyrowrap.com.  For the stereotpyical fast-food *hero*
> > sandwich, see http://www.blimpie.com.
>
> Thanks. .-)) And then there are:
>
> 'souvlaki':
>    http://www.athensguide.com/souvlaki.html
>
> and 'döner':
>     http://www.euro-kebap.com/de/1_kebap.htm
>
Excellent!! Marcos' site looks like what I know as gyros (strips of meat).
Your souvlaki site seems to correspond with Tristan's definition (chunks of
meat)-- perhaps that's a European or at least non-US interpretation.  And
the döner looks _exactly_ like the thing I described as the source of gyros
meat. (It's possible that many Greeks in the US came originally from Turkey
in the post-WW I difficulties, though I'm sure both cuisines have influenced
each other.)

Ahimé, autre pays, autres moeurs......