janNatan comments on We All Know One of These Folk

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago (8 children)

"Döner" (sometimes called döner kebab) is the name of a type of popular Turkish street food sold in Germany. (Like the taco in the USA.)

It's like a kebab sandwich. As far as I'm aware, it does not actually exist in the USA. But, this isn't the first time I've seen it mentioned in English.

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[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There's gyros in the US.

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[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

One is Greek and one is Turkish. I believe there is a difference in seasonings and meat choices.

Plus, döner meat is usually cut off a roasting spit right in front of the customers' eyes, which I understand is vital to the experience.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

We've also got schwarma, which is basically Arabic döner. And there's donairs in canada.

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[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Not quite the same. Similar ingredients but wrapped in a much more drunk friendly way.

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[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago*

We've got it in Canada, and it's especially popular on the East Coast, like Halifax.

But yeah, I'm in Ontario and I know there's a Donair place ten minutes from my house.

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[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

They might not have made it fly-over country yet, but almost everyone in any major city knows what a döner kebeb is.

To know it is to love it.

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's very common in England. Yummy, too, albeit not very good for the guts.

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