Comments on: Is that Doner a Gyro? http://blazeyouradventure.com/doner-or-gyro/ Adventure travel, Budget Travel, Camping, Hiking, and Backpacking Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Carey http://blazeyouradventure.com/doner-or-gyro/#comment-155 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:33:57 +0000 http://blazeyouradventure.com/?p=4714#comment-155 Hi Linda,
I’m glad I could help :) In retrospect it certainly does make sense, I wish I gave it more thought at time. Must have been travel brain!

]]> By: Linda Bibb http://blazeyouradventure.com/doner-or-gyro/#comment-153 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:48:25 +0000 http://blazeyouradventure.com/?p=4714#comment-153 Hey, don’t feel too badly; I didn’t realize that there is a difference between gyros and doners either.

I also hadn’t realized there is a difference in the meat. I can understand why there are variations on toppings and such but I guess I just assumed the Greek and Turkish versions were created from the same animal(s) since they were both part of the Ottoman Empire, whose official religion was Islam, and Muslims don’t eat pork. I had discounted the Greek Orthodox influence. Oops.

In any case, I am so glad I didn’t eat gyros in Greece. Even though I’m not a Muslim or a Jew, the idea of eating any type of pork repulses me. Ew. Now I know.

Thank you for your public service announcement. :)

]]> By: Carey http://blazeyouradventure.com/doner-or-gyro/#comment-152 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:44:19 +0000 http://blazeyouradventure.com/?p=4714#comment-152 Haha, the power of suggestion is strong! I’m sure that I’ve merely scratched the surface on all the variations and differences. But I certainly hope I’ve saved others from the same embarrassment.

]]> By: Natalie http://blazeyouradventure.com/doner-or-gyro/#comment-148 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:33:43 +0000 http://blazeyouradventure.com/?p=4714#comment-148 I was confused at first about what a gyro was but once you explained, I realised the intensity of your social faux pas! By the way, I am typing with one hand because eating a donor wrap now. How canny to come across your post while doing so.

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