Sloppy gyros easy homemade gyro-like sandwich
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Date: 2020-04-10
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In Greece, the Gyro is rarely lamb or beef and the meat isnt ground, its almost always thin pork steaks, marinated then stacked onto the vertical rottiserie with after every few slices stacked shavings of the edges packed and then continuing with the pork steaks, and cooked, so the meat has much more of a Shawarma like texture when shaved off. In greece the toppings for Gyros are the same as in this video except alot of times they will add Fries to it. I believe the lamb/beef combo is more famous in the USA cause this version of the Gyro was brought to the USA by Greek immigrants from Turkey, whose Gyro was more similar to the Turkish Doner (although its rarely ground meat, but instead the meat slices were intertwined and stacked so well between layers of alternating beef and lamb, thin patty of ground meat, shavings of the edges packed, then lamb tail fat) The end result of Doner meat is, although separate slices, near perfectly uniform when shaved off and thus gives that ground meat look to it.
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In Greece, the Gyro is rarely lamb or beef and the meat isnt ground, its almost always thin pork steaks, marinated then stacked onto the vertical rottiserie with after every few slices stacked shavings of the edges packed and then continuing with the pork steaks, and cooked, so the meat has much more of a Shawarma like texture when shaved off. In greece the toppings for Gyros are the same as in this video except alot of times they will add Fries to it. I believe the lamb/beef combo is more famous in the USA cause this version of the Gyro was brought to the USA by Greek immigrants from Turkey, whose Gyro was more similar to the Turkish Doner (although its rarely ground meat, but instead the meat slices were intertwined and stacked so well between layers of alternating beef and lamb, thin patty of ground meat, shavings of the edges packed, then lamb tail fat) The end result of Doner meat is, although separate slices, near perfectly uniform when shaved off and thus gives that ground meat look to it.
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stockart
I don't think I've ever heard that pronunciation before, is it a regional anerican thing? I've never heard that on the East Coast. I've heard gyro with a J sound (think graph or gyroscope) or the Greek version, which I'm too lazy to write out, but I've never heard gyro with a hard G. Of course none of this matters, as long as people know what you're talkin about, I don't really think pronunciation matters that much. Regardless of whether I say GIF or GIF you know what i mean. Then again, I basically have no respect for tradition and do things with food that would probably be considered sacrilegious in some countries, so I generally don't care anyway I guess. Also, just another interesting thing about your voice, I don't think I've ever heard somebody put so much emphasis on the CH in ketchup. You kind of clip the end too, it's almost like you're saying ke-CH-p
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I don't think I've ever heard that pronunciation before, is it a regional anerican thing? I've never heard that on the East Coast. I've heard gyro with a J sound (think graph or gyroscope) or the Greek version, which I'm too lazy to write out, but I've never heard gyro with a hard G. Of course none of this matters, as long as people know what you're talkin about, I don't really think pronunciation matters that much. Regardless of whether I say GIF or GIF you know what i mean. Then again, I basically have no respect for tradition and do things with food that would probably be considered sacrilegious in some countries, so I generally don't care anyway I guess. Also, just another interesting thing about your voice, I don't think I've ever heard somebody put so much emphasis on the CH in ketchup. You kind of clip the end too, it's almost like you're saying ke-CH-p
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Jim
I am sure it is delicious and I am definitely gonna try pita wraps with minced meat like you did. BUUUTTTT. since you are focusing on gyro, here are the two things that I want to desperately say: 1) There is this misconception that greeks eat lamb all the time. We do not. There is no greek tavern in Greece that serves lamb gyro as far as I know. The classic (not gonna use the word traditional that would be ridiculous) is fatty pork. Yummy2) Gyro is not minced meat. It is chunks of meat on top of the other. So you could try doing the same thing but with a fatty cut of pork in bite sized slices/strips (say about 1 inch long. Caramelize them real well and that will be pretty close imo. Also, no cumin, thats just too overpowering, you want to be able to taste the caramelised meat in my opinion.
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I am sure it is delicious and I am definitely gonna try pita wraps with minced meat like you did. BUUUTTTT. since you are focusing on gyro, here are the two things that I want to desperately say: 1) There is this misconception that greeks eat lamb all the time. We do not. There is no greek tavern in Greece that serves lamb gyro as far as I know. The classic (not gonna use the word traditional that would be ridiculous) is fatty pork. Yummy2) Gyro is not minced meat. It is chunks of meat on top of the other. So you could try doing the same thing but with a fatty cut of pork in bite sized slices/strips (say about 1 inch long. Caramelize them real well and that will be pretty close imo. Also, no cumin, thats just too overpowering, you want to be able to taste the caramelised meat in my opinion.
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SpeeDim
I didn't know people use ground meat to emulate gyro. In the pictures at the beginning they look like giant kebabs Anyways, over here, the giant thing that constantly turns (gyros means turn) is stacked slices of pork or chicken. I'm not being that guy at all, I just believe that going with ground beef doesn't get you the integrity you want in the meat and different taste because all ingredients blend all together. Thank you for covering a Greek - Turkey dish: )
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I didn't know people use ground meat to emulate gyro. In the pictures at the beginning they look like giant kebabs Anyways, over here, the giant thing that constantly turns (gyros means turn) is stacked slices of pork or chicken. I'm not being that guy at all, I just believe that going with ground beef doesn't get you the integrity you want in the meat and different taste because all ingredients blend all together. Thank you for covering a Greek - Turkey dish: )
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Kate
(i am not gonna teach you how to pronounce gyro, you can Google that)But i have to tell you that most american greek fast food restaurants serve gyro with corn meal (which is not tasty in my opinion) and usually gyro is made with pork or chicken in restaurants hereKudos for you for frying to make this at homeP. s. opa is usually used as an exclamation point (vocally) or it used as wait a minute or wow
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(i am not gonna teach you how to pronounce gyro, you can Google that)But i have to tell you that most american greek fast food restaurants serve gyro with corn meal (which is not tasty in my opinion) and usually gyro is made with pork or chicken in restaurants hereKudos for you for frying to make this at homeP. s. opa is usually used as an exclamation point (vocally) or it used as wait a minute or wow
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Elizabeth
I don't normally protest to regional variations of ingredient names but Ga LAP en oh is a common American pronunciation of jalapeno and it's still not something I'd expect someone to insist is fine to put in what's supposed to be an educational video (regardless of how much you're trying to appeal to the every-man. Oh nevermind you added ketchup, carry on.
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I don't normally protest to regional variations of ingredient names but Ga LAP en oh is a common American pronunciation of jalapeno and it's still not something I'd expect someone to insist is fine to put in what's supposed to be an educational video (regardless of how much you're trying to appeal to the every-man. Oh nevermind you added ketchup, carry on.
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NomZ
im a greek and i approve of this recipe but when u make gyros STUFF IT WITH TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING u were going to put in it homemade gyros is supposed to be sloppy bec no1 is watching u and u can just stuff ur face. Also greeks love oregano they put in on almost every food (not sweet food. Edit: Gyros is made with chicken meat.
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im a greek and i approve of this recipe but when u make gyros STUFF IT WITH TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING u were going to put in it homemade gyros is supposed to be sloppy bec no1 is watching u and u can just stuff ur face. Also greeks love oregano they put in on almost every food (not sweet food. Edit: Gyros is made with chicken meat.
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matzzlol
Adam Im a bit disappointed, you have promoted an app which allegedly scans receipts for coupons, no? Ive downloaded it, it has awful reviews for a start, the app stops rewarding points after you nearly get enough for something valuable, and overall is trash, honestly thought you only promoted good things
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Adam Im a bit disappointed, you have promoted an app which allegedly scans receipts for coupons, no? Ive downloaded it, it has awful reviews for a start, the app stops rewarding points after you nearly get enough for something valuable, and overall is trash, honestly thought you only promoted good things
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Philippos
I thought this was going to be a massacreBut hey, everything seems pretty solid, especially in the tzatziki part. My grandma never had time for cheese cloth and neither do I. I would do some things differently but hey, you do you, especially with what you have. Really spot on and enjoyable video.
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I thought this was going to be a massacreBut hey, everything seems pretty solid, especially in the tzatziki part. My grandma never had time for cheese cloth and neither do I. I would do some things differently but hey, you do you, especially with what you have. Really spot on and enjoyable video.
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Dr.
Never met a premade tzatziki I like. I use my dad's recipe: Plain yogurt (not greek, sour cream, cucumbers, salt, garlic powder, ground mint. Everything is basically to taste, I think he uses a 2: 1 ratio yogurt to sour cream probably just to make up for the non-fat yogurt we usually have on hand.
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Never met a premade tzatziki I like. I use my dad's recipe: Plain yogurt (not greek, sour cream, cucumbers, salt, garlic powder, ground mint. Everything is basically to taste, I think he uses a 2: 1 ratio yogurt to sour cream probably just to make up for the non-fat yogurt we usually have on hand.
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