[net.nlang] Regional usage -- Greek food

grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman) (03/28/84)

    When I was in Montreal, Souvlaki was roast beef & vegetables in
    pita bread, with something akin to sour cream on it.  At a greek
    restaurant here in California, souvlaki is what I would have
    called shish-kabob, and what I thought was souvlaki is called
    "gyros".  Am I confused, or what?

"You remember me, I'm the one with no cute signoff message"

					-Glenn

ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (03/28/84)

Here in Baltimore, our local greek places sell Gyros (pronounced the
same but no relation to NY Heroes) and Souvlaki.  Gyros is ground lamb
and beef, while Souvlaki is chunks of beef.  Other than that the
construction of the sandwiches seems to be the same.

-Ron