Is gyro greek or turkish food?!
Answers: in turkish doner.in arabic they call shawarma also.
Both Turkish and Greek. The countries are so close geographically, their cuisine is quite similar. Local variations exist, mainly in how the dishes are spiced and what is served along side with it.
But it is very difficult to say nowadays who invented a food first, whether gyros migrated east to become doner or doner migrated west to become gyros. Of course both countries claim the honour and given the tensions between Turks and Greeks we could argue until the cows came home.
IMO your question is like asking who invented the Hamburger. (Let's not get into that, please. It offends my German sensivities.)
I think it's Greek, but what do I know. I'm not Greek. Although, I have the suspicion that both Turkey and Greece have experience with gyros, since the two have mixed for centuries. That wasn't a pun by the way...lol. You could go on Wikipedia or something to find out.
Its Greek.
meat on a stick is universal .. but i believe the actual term "gyro" which is pronounce yee-ro is Greek.
gyros is the greek version of it, but in turkey its doner.
it's greek.
in fact, the word gyro (which is greek) refers to how it's made. a large hunk of meat, usually lamb or beef, is speared onto a vertical, rotating spit. meat is then cut off of the large chunk and put into the gyro sandwich. this is where it gets its name. gyro means something like "turning, moving circularly, or spinning"
there's your totally long, drawn out, too-much-info-for-the- question answer.
Gyros (Yeeros) is 100% Greek Gyros yeeros is turning in Greek , and that is what the Gyro meat is doing turning on a spit.....
Shawarma d?ner kebab d?ner means "one that turns" this has a total different taste than the original Greek gyros although may look the same I've tried it and I know....
The Turkish one has different spices.. more spicier that the Greek The Sharwarma doesn't come with tzatziki sauce (cuccumber yogurt and garlic sauce) it usually comes with hummus.... Oh and the Greek Gyro may also contain pork which is a no no in Turkey for the Muslims that is....
You can check out the differences on Wikipedia too
Definitely Greek!!
Greek!!
It is Greek, derived from the Turkish d?ner kebap which was invented in Bursa in the 19th century, but not made with pork (made with lamb (or mutton), beef, chicken).
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I totally agree with the previous answers!it's greek and you can understand it by its greek name
If it is called "gyro" then it is Greek. Not sure who first originated the meat-on-a-stick delicacy.....perhaps cavemen?