Quote (Afficionado @ Dec 20 2014 10:27pm)
In the U.S. for example, I had a kebab in september and it was lamb meat and some grilled vegetables...most people would consider it actually very healthy. I assume that's what he's thinking of.
Kebabs are different in every culture. If a Turk comes here and asks for a kebab he'll probably return it not knowing what he's been served. The actual kebab dish (from Turkey) is a healthy dish I believe. I remember this dilemma when we had a group of Turks in our high school exchange programme.
Here though there's constant rumours amount kebabs being made of cat meat, rat meat, etc.. most cheaper kebab places use this disgusting pink gel instead of actual meat, but the fancier places use lamb on a rotisserie.
I've tried getting my parents and grandparents to taste a kebab but they completely refuse. Teen agers and young adults love it, but no parent generation would walk into a kebab place.
the UK has similar kebabs to Scandinavia, except they're not that nice-tasting at all and very slimey/oily (but over there you get Schwarmas which are fucking delicious, wish we had them here..)
Maybe the places you guys go to have adopted the more traditionally kebab and not the unhealthy (but delicious) kebabs made by war refugees that you find in Western-Europe.
This post was edited by MGS4BestGameEverMade on Dec 20 2014 02:34pm