What are you eating or drinking?

[Lissy]

i love kebabs. My friend Aaron makes them the best

[Levis]

Here it's kebab late at night when all the pubs close and fish and chips the rest of the time, I guess.

same here. Well, I remember having souvlaki from the place next door to the bar we were at.

I think what they call 'souvlaki' here is actually a doner kabab. It's shredded lamb wrapped in pita with veggies. Souvlaki just means the meat, right?

[edna]

I'd love them better if they had no meat. Vegetables is enough for me... I take away the lamb or whatever it is.

[Levis]

well that's good - I only like the meat, the rest of the stuff is just in the way.

[edna]

well that's good - I only like the meat, the rest of the stuff is just in the way.

So we could share a kebab... you keep the meat, I keep the vegetables...

[Farin]

actually, souvlaki should have the meat on a skewer, not in a bread with veggies - that's how I know it anyway

also, souvlaki is greek, while kebab is turkish

on the other hand it's both lamb, so it's not THAT different

[The Seeker]

And a proper kebab should be beef, not lamb. (or turkey? Not lamb anyway, but unfortunately most places use lamb)

Edited August 26, 2009 by Guest

[Farin]

I think the original turkish one is made with lamb

(who knows what they actually put in it though )

[Lissy]

the meat is good wait...great but i do like having other things in it too like tabuli and cheese.what do you guys think?

[The Seeker]

Well yes of course, otherwise you could just order the meat (I'm looking at you Radhi).

Great, now I've got serious cravings.

[Levis]

I could actually - do you think they'll let me? There's a souvlaki (doner kabab to you) place down the street (same post-bar one) - they shouldn't have anything against someone saying 'I'd like just the meat pls' right?

[Farin]

of course there's other stuff in it as well, kraut, chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, maybe onions and most importantly: the sauces

but no cheese though and I have no idea what tabuli is

[The Seeker]

I've had people put chips in my kebabs

[Farin]

Döner like you can buy it on every corner in Germany:

[Lissy]

tabuli is made out of this stuff

135g (3/4 cup) fine burghul

80ml (1/3 cup) fresh lemon juice

60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil

Sea salt flakes & freshly ground black pepper

3 ripe (about 340g) egg tomatoes, halved, deseeded, finely chopped

1 telegraph cucumber, halved lengthways, deseeded, cut into 1cm cubes

3 green shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced

4 cups loosely packed coarsely chopped fresh continental parsley

2/3 cup loosely packed coarsely chopped fresh mint

its yum really

[Farin]

tabuli is made out of this stuff

135g (3/4 cup) fine burghul

80ml (1/3 cup) fresh lemon juice

60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil

Sea salt flakes & freshly ground black pepper

3 ripe (about 340g) egg tomatoes, halved, deseeded, finely chopped

1 telegraph cucumber, halved lengthways, deseeded, cut into 1cm cubes

3 green shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced

4 cups loosely packed coarsely chopped fresh continental parsley

2/3 cup loosely packed coarsely chopped fresh mint

its yum really

ah I see

no, I doubt that would go into a Döner here either...

and Fin, I already saw a Pizza with chips on it

[Levis]

Mmmm, ok if cravings persist I'll treat myself to the stuff over the weekend

[The Seeker]

I think I'll treat myself to it today.

[Lissy]

what about jallepinos (im sorry i cant spell) on kebabs?

[edna]

I have one kebab like the one you posted in my microwave, Martin... without meat (my husband already removed it for me) I might eat it now cause yes, I have cravings too...

Lissy, that dish you mention is delicious, we call it "taboulet" in France and it's the typical Morocco food... it's made out of "semoule" they call "couscous".

You can have it cold with a salad ot hot with meat.

[Lissy]

thats pretty cool edna. do you live in france?

[Farin]

edna lives everywhere

seriously, she's the most international person I've ever met

[Lissy]

hahah cool. The only place other than where i live(Australia) is fiji for a holiday

[edna]

No, I only live in Spain now... I lived in Argentina and in France but that was more than 30 years ago...

[Lissy]

wow. what is spain like??