Why are there 'Yiros' instead of kebabs in Adelaide? (to buy, train)
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When I went to Adelaide I noticed the many yiros joints...I had never heard of it until I realised they were basically Greek kebabs. I never got the chance to try one, but they looked pretty much the same. I saw perhaps one or two kebab places for every 50 Yiros places! I'm just curious why Greek Yiros is generally sold in Adelaide but not really anywhere else, except in Greek places. Adelaide isn't anymore Greek than Melbourne, yet they serve kebabs in Melbourne. Perhaps there's some interesting historical story behind it...
In Sydney it's spelt "yeeros", but it's all the same thing as far as I know. Lumps of some former creature on a skewer. The different names might simply be regional variations, like fritz/devon/...and whatever it's called out west.
Ok, I am stalking you Trimac.
My uderstanding is that the term yiros of yeeros are actually dervied from the greek word gyros (which is pronounded something like yiros by the greeks). When travelling through geece i had many delicious gyros, but never ever remember ordering a kebab.
I believeKebabs are actually turkish by origion (yep i had lots of kebabs in turkey) and the greeks borrowed the idea. The greeks dont like the turks very much so they adopted their own name gyros.
I stand corrected if i am wrong.
Here in the US a gyro is typically lamb meat chipped or thinly sliced on a pita (flat bread) with Tzaziki (a cucumber/garlic) spread and tomato, lettuce.... The equivalent of a kebab is a Souvlaki )small pieces of meat "Typically pork" marinated skewered and grilled). Guess if things are different there, I've got alot more to learn before landing in Brisbane. I figured those were the same since my wife is Greek and that's the type of meals they eat when we are at her parents.
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I was always told that gyros was Greek for sandwich. Go figure Maybe it means snack or knosh or somethingf along those lines... Any Greek speakers gotta POV?
I was always told that gyros was Greek for sandwich. Go figure Maybe it means snack or knosh or somethingf along those lines... Any Greek speakers gotta POV?
Gyro (γύρος) means Round. That is the shape if the pita or flat bread that the sandwich is made with.
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Originally Posted by jacq63
In Sydney it's spelt "yeeros", but it's all the same thing as far as I know. Lumps of some former creature on a skewer. The different names might simply be regional variations, like fritz/devon/...and whatever it's called out west.
Ok, I am stalking you Trimac.
Lol, stalk all you want, at least online you don't have to cross the Nullabor to stalk me!
Well, I'm an Adelaidean and nothing we do should ever be questioned, 'cos we're always right, 'cos we never had convicts...
Akshully, from a very hazy memory, I'm pretty sure yiros were wrapped in pita bread, and so are yeeros..whereas kebabs are just skewered. No bread. But in Adelaide it was pronounced "yeross", not "yiros", which would rhyme with "gyros".
I always remember Kramer hopping off the subway train to buy a gyro, and consequently missing said train in Seinfeld.
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