wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP (William J. Laubenheimer) (04/02/84)
I doubt this is the case, as the two sandwiches are quite different.
A hero (hoagie, grinder, etc.--in the Midwest and West, places where
I've lived long enough to develop a feel for the area, ``sub'' is the
accepted nomenclature) is meat (hot or cold), cheese, and if you are
making a cold one, vegetables such as lettuce, onions, tomatoes, pickled
peppers, pickles, all on a long, skinny roll. A gyros, on the other hand,
is either lamb or a mixture of lamb and beef, well-seasoned and then broiled
on a spit (most restaurants specializing in this have an appliance expressly
for this purpose, a large vertical broiler with a rod on which 25-kilo
chunks of gyros mixture can be placed). The meat is shaved off as it becomes
cooked, and placed in a pita (= ``pocket | bible'') bread, usually with
onion and tomato slices, and covered with a yogurt (for purists) or sour
cream (for barbarians) sauce. The only thing they have in common is
that both are sandwiches and both are delicious!
Speaking of gyros, anybody know where to get a good one in the S.F. Bay area?
How about in L.A. (preferably near Pasadena/W. San Gabriel valley area)?
(Maybe I should have posted this in net.cooks!?!)
Bill Laubenheimer
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