Rayman Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Ha ha ha…. I know, a lot of people thought that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 25 minutes ago, Nicko said: Most Greek food has its roots in Turkish and middle eastern cuisine. If you go to an Iraqi restaurant the names might be different but the dishes are similar. Greek tzatziki is Cacik in Turkish for instance, Greek soutzokakia is pretty much the same as Turkish kofta but in some cases even the names are similar such as Greek dolmades and Turkish dolma. σουβλάκι ή γύρος Kebab normally refers to something you don't see in kebab shops in the UK - minced meat on a skewer somewhere between a doner and a souvlaki(shish). We often used to get a lamb shish on the basis it at least appeared to be solid lumps of meat, rather than the dodgy laminated ply thing the doner comes off... This is making me hungry now 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackroadkill Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Odd really as most kebab places seem to be Turkish yet kebab is always associated with Greek.. I've often wondered about that... Turkey and Greece exchanged large areas of land and huge numbers of people when the borders moved in 1919 as a result of the breakup of the Ottoman empire; Greek Muslims found themselves forcibly moved to Turkey and Turkish Christians were expelled to Greece. Both sides committed atrocities against each other. I'd guess that the kebab was native to the area rather than one nationality or the other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Crusoe said: School days nickname, based on my surname. I'm sure you can work out my surname from that. Friday? 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said: You're Danny Defoe aren't you..? 😁 How on earth did you... no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Chezz55 said: My given name is Chris. Way back in February 1981 I started a new job, and there were already 4 people called Chris in the team of 12. Nick-names were already used to identify the other 4 individual Chris' so I was immediately re-named 'Chezz' (derived from my family name) - the name has been with me ever since. I added the 55 'I thought it sounded good. 5 hours ago, neepheid said: Does that mean you're 55% fruit juice? Fruit Juice ??? - 55% Brakspears' Bitter would be a more accurate suggestion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Chezz55 said: Fruit Juice ??? - 55% Brakspears' Bitter would be a more accurate suggestion. I think 1 pint of any ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 41 minutes ago, Chezz55 said: Fruit Juice ??? - 55% Brakspears' Bitter would be a more accurate suggestion. It was a reference to Britvic 55 - a rarely seen product these days, I wonder if they still make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 It's the other 45% you need to worry about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: We often used to get a lamb shish on the basis it at least appeared to be solid lumps of meat, rather than the dodgy laminated ply thing the doner comes off... This is making me hungry now 😁 I used to love doner kebabs. It’s surprising the variety you get from each kebab shop. There was always a kebab I would have a fancy for, from one shop or another. The nicest kebab I have ever had was from a place in Rugby. It was so greasy and delicious! I once had two of them for Sunday dinner (I was living with a biker gang at the time, and they were all having a roast chicken dinner. I don’t like chicken.), much to everyone’s amusement. I tried going vegetarian once, for health reasons. I don’t normally over eat, but I eat crap. For instance, I don’t like meat if it tastes like meat, but I can eat beef and onion pies (I don’t like onion, either), pork sausages, turkey burgers and such, the crap stuff. The only thing that kept tempting me was doner kebabs. The fact that, because of my restrictive diet (I just don’t like many foods), I only had potatoes, bread and cheese left to me, didn’t help. I kept it up for the year that I told myself I would do, but caved to a kebab in the end. And then I went right off them, I can’t stand them now. Although, after my brain op, I completely lost my sense of taste for three months, and I ate a lot of kebabs in those three months. Mainly because of the really hot chilli sauce that the local kebab shop used. All I had to me was heat (spicy heat) and texture. It is a most disconcerting feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, neepheid said: It was a reference to Britvic 55 - a rarely seen product these days, I wonder if they still make it? When out at the pub, I always used to have Britvic 55, but nowhere seems to have it anymore, it’s all J2O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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