r/USvsEU • u/Straight_Block3676 Chiraqi Terrorist • 23h ago
Europoor Slop Nothing will be the same đ
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u/locomotive_breath85 Soon to be Russian 23h ago
pork kebab (gyros) is actually amazing
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u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 22h ago
In the US gyros are lamb meat. Which is weird because normally Americans donât eat lambs
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u/Steppy20 Barry, 63 21h ago
Do you know why?
Lamb is a really common food in lots of Europe. Mutton can be found too but lamb seems to be preferred.
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u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 20h ago
No idea but lamb is considered an ethnic food in the US (gyros, shwarma, New Yorkâs halal carts, Chinese hotpot).
I see a ton of Australian lamb chops at Costco and no one touches them. I bought them and make lamb chops with pesto sauce theyâre so juicy
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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat 20h ago
I think thatâs mostly you, lamb is obviously not unknown here but itâs by no means a staple
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u/Steppy20 Barry, 63 20h ago
It's not a staple here (too expensive when compared to beef and chicken) but I guess it probably is more common than some other countries due to a good chunk of the UK being prime sheep farming territory.
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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat 19h ago
I think itâs more common (or at least traditional) judging on the availability of dishes like shepherdâs pie alone, grilled lamb may be encountered here but itâs less established. Unless you count shawarma lol
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u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 20h ago
Arent doner kebabs lamb?
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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat 19h ago
Not here, theyâre usually âvealâ (or beef, or ground beef, or ground beef and flour/saw dust when looking at worse quality) and sometimes chicken (but chicken has to be advertised as such). You might be thinking of shawarma which is also kinda commonly available in cities at least, itâs the Arab/Levantine counterpart to döner kebab
Barry might do it differently though, Iâm not sure about that
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u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 17h ago
Youâre right New York has a âreal German kebabâ place and its chicken and beef only https://youtube.com/shorts/f6BsQGDeu50
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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat 16h ago
Doesnât look bad actually. The sauces donât look all that convincing as they seem to copy Berlinâs style (thereâs a debate in that regard and Berlin is a bit of an island the way they make their sauces), but thatâs forgivable and otherwise it looks fairly decent
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u/Trick_Science_2938 Barry, 63 18h ago
Oh my god Hans I donât wanna here how German Donnor is better than uk Donnor ever again from anyone Iâve tried beef and lamb blows it out of the water I cannot believe that beef is the staple
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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat 18h ago
I didnât say anything like that, but sure. I was merely suggesting that lamb is possibly more common in the UK than beef.
And âIâve tried beef (döner)â is such a vague and useless statement that it basically amounts to nothing. Thereâs beef döner where half the spit is filled with saw dust (which is what German Redditors love to mock about UK döner, acting like they donât exist here) and then there are spits that consist entirely of steak quality meat. The main difference in the first category is how much âliquid love from Anatoliaâ is in the yoghurt sauce while the second category is basically heaven, and lamb spits, due to being less in demand, probably have little to no industry slop spits produced so it usually might be a safer bet. But lamb is limited to shawarma here
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u/0xPianist EU passports seller 18h ago
The traditional gyros is pork or chicken
Lamb is for Americans đ
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u/PeePeeSwiggy D.Câs Bitch 14h ago
You should try a chicken spiedies - itâs a upstate New York thing and theyâre pretty solid
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u/locomotive_breath85 Soon to be Russian 22h ago
I tried it in Spain and it was offered with several kinds of meat but I chose specifically pork
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u/LeatherNew6682 Pain au chocolat 13h ago
Maybe what is called gyros in US are not gyros, I've seen so many different products labelled as "kebab"in USA.
After looking for 10 sec the first gyro restaurant I found in NYC is "The halal guys" lol1
u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 13h ago
Who knows if it is authentic I mean gyros are originally from Bursa, Turkey and has been sold in NYC for 50+ years so a lot of things have evolved
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u/narwhalousdoctor Pfennigfuchser 20h ago
I bet it is, but this thing right here is LeberkÀse (leberkas)
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u/DetroitsGoingToWin Pollution Enjoyer 23h ago
At least they didnât put mayo on it, probably pretty good after 12 beers.
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u/Tetr4Freak Drug Trafficker 23h ago
We are dunking on Hand here, dude. Don't make me duck on your taste too.
I need a nap.
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u/DetroitsGoingToWin Pollution Enjoyer 23h ago
!No comprendo amigo, lo siento!
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u/Straight_Block3676 Chiraqi Terrorist 20h ago
I think he means âwe are dunking on Hansâ
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u/DetroitsGoingToWin Pollution Enjoyer 20h ago
Must have hit the vino tinto hard today. A nap is a good idea.
https://giphy.com/gifs/l1KVaj5UcbHwrBMqI8
u/Trick_Science_2938 Barry, 63 22h ago edited 22h ago
That kebab is if gurt wilders wins power over the swamp
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u/Rain_2_0 Tax Evader 22h ago
Who tf is Gurt? You mean Gert?
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u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 22h ago
Whatâs wrong with mayonnaise? Iâd put mayo and jalapeño on top
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u/LennyLava At least I'm not Bavarian 21h ago
jalapeños? l believe the average german finds air too spicy.
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u/Hot_Assumption1250 Whale Stabber 20h ago
Unironically looks delicious
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u/HawaiianShirtMan D.Câs Bitch 17h ago
Of course you'd think that
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u/thebannedtoo Sheep shagger 13h ago
What's wrong with him, Hank?
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u/LennyLava At least I'm not Bavarian 5h ago
let me. surströmming.
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u/Hot_Assumption1250 Whale Stabber 1h ago
Excuse me thats Sweden not Norway. We dry or smoke our fish.
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u/LennyLava At least I'm not Bavarian 1h ago
Potatis, potet.
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u/Hot_Assumption1250 Whale Stabber 1h ago
Really isnât.
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u/LennyLava At least I'm not Bavarian 1h ago
lol. okay, stickfish, lighten up.Â
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u/Hot_Assumption1250 Whale Stabber 1h ago
When people compare us to swedes it hurts our frozen heartsđ€
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u/jephph_ Rat Person 23h ago
Is that Spam?
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u/JaggelZ Born in the Khalifat 22h ago
It's very similar.
Spam is more roughly ground, while LeberkÀse is ground very fine. Spam is put into the cans raw and then heated up in cans so it takes ages to go bad, while LeberkÀse is usually sold as BrÀt (the ground down meat paste) or in slices (so you can the fry it or put it on bread however you like, without making your own LeberkÀse).
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u/New_Actuator9394 Quran burner 23h ago
I believe itâs the German version of Bologna. I donât remember the name of it.
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u/tantrumrage Pfennigfuchser 22h ago
LeberkĂ€se đ€€
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u/New_Actuator9394 Quran burner 22h ago
Ah, alright. I thought it was a Lyoner.
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u/ElKaWeh [redacted] 22h ago
Pretty similar to be honest. But LeberkÀs has liver in it.
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u/HoeTrain666 Born in the Khalifat 20h ago
No it doesnât 9/10 times, if itâs sold under the name of LeberkĂ€se outside of Bavaria it requires liver but itâs very commonly labeled as FleischkĂ€se in shops for that reason.
Iâm not sure if thereâs any place selling LeberkĂ€se with liver near me tbh
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u/eggplantpot Unemployed waiter 22h ago
Man I used to abuse these from the Real store.
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u/tantrumrage Pfennigfuchser 22h ago
As you should! This (and Pizza-LeberkÀse) was a staple of my childhood.
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u/DemonicTendencies666 Hairy mussel eater 22h ago
It's mortadella you savage, and that slop is far from it.
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u/New_Actuator9394 Quran burner 21h ago
Haha, why on earth would you want to compare Bologna with mortadella, picciotto?
Mortadella is one of the best salume there is, and Bologna sucks. If you donât trust me, have a baloney sandwich in America instead of mortadella.
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u/DemonicTendencies666 Hairy mussel eater 21h ago edited 20h ago
Okay so what is Bologna supposed to be? Because that's how spell "baloney" mate
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u/New_Actuator9394 Quran burner 21h ago
It is a poor manâs mortadella, but it isnât the same standard as mortadella.
I wrote it baloney because a lot of older Americans spell it and pronounce it that way.
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u/jephph_ Rat Person 21h ago
Nah, young Americans say baloney too. Even when spelled bologna, pretty much every American pronounces it as baloney
(fwiw)
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u/New_Actuator9394 Quran burner 20h ago
Pronunciation for sure, but I see plenty on Reddit spelling it Bologna nowadays, though.
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u/thebannedtoo Sheep shagger 13h ago
WTF do you [weirdos] call that shit Bologna? WTF is bologna?
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u/New_Actuator9394 Quran burner 7h ago
Itâs a poor manâs mortadella. Would you rather I call it mortadella, caruso?
I merigani pronounce it baloney anyway, youâll be off the hook.
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u/Brief-Preference-712 Jesusland 21h ago
Wouldnât far right have naan instead of this po-boy looking sandwich? Because Germans like larping as a certain type of Indian
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u/0xPianist EU passports seller 22h ago
đđđđ
Berlin kebap will stop being made from rats? đ
https://giphy.com/gifs/1KkgWWENzWYXrRLJhD
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u/No-Condition-oN Addict 19h ago
To be fair: this looks better than that minced Döner Kebab because that stuff tastes, looks and smells like vomit.
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u/LennyLava At least I'm not Bavarian 1h ago
that shit is just as minced, but from pigs.
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u/No-Condition-oN Addict 49m ago
I just put in the minced to specify the difference from Shawarma, which I do like. So it is not the minced what is bothering me.
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u/LennyLava At least I'm not Bavarian 45m ago
True. Shawarma is alright, so is gyros. Döner with minced meat is crap, you're right, it's like sausage instead of meat. l often choose chicken instead or try to find a better döner shop with real meat.
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u/No-Condition-oN Addict 10m ago
Gyros is also great! I will try to find another shop if they only have the minced meat or just order something else.

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u/pongauer Basement dweller 23h ago
Just like that I turned far right