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28 June 2006

The proper way to do it! (if you know what I'm talkin' 'bout)

post by: Hellbient at: 14:21 | 15 comments

that's right:
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now you know.

posted by Hellbient 28 June | 14:21

Dude, I live in Astoria. I know from gyros, brotha.

posted by jonmc 28 June | 14:22

Mmmmmmm, gyros. I am totally on a gyro kick right now.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 28 June | 14:25

They're doner kebabs in England. And you only eat them when you're drunk.

posted by essexjan 28 June | 14:31

Astoria (me, pips & pinky's and the Wino's former 'hood) is the Greekest neighborhood this side of the parthenon. There's several gyro stands within walking distance, souvlaki parlors, too. Even the Chinese restaurants have gyros on the menu. We eat 'em all the time.

posted by jonmc 28 June | 14:34

(me pips and pinky's current hood, I meant to type)

posted by jonmc 28 June | 14:35

I love love love gyros (I think it's the tzatziki sauce). In my impressionable youth, a gyro vendor told me to pronounce it, uh.. Eeuuyyu-ro. Now I see that the online dictionaries are giving that as a secondary or tertiary pronunciation, and they prefer Jie-ro. (Rhymes with "pie slow")

Best pronunciation to avoid looking like an idiot? Taz?

posted by agropyron 28 June | 14:37

yeah, you guys know about "slicing gyro cones" and "doner kebabs"...

posted by Hellbient 28 June | 14:37

...and "pie slow"...yeah birthday boy.

posted by Hellbient 28 June | 14:49

Love the Gyros. But do I want to know what the 'cone' is made of?

posted by mojohand 28 June | 15:02

Not to be confused with the Donner party kebabs they serve in winter in the Sierra Nevada.

posted by StickyCarpet 28 June | 16:04

I don't get the cone, either. please 'splain.

posted by chewatadistance 28 June | 16:14

Mmmm... gyro... one of the few things I like raw onion on... that, and really, really hot chili dogs.

(tum-ta-ta-tummmms...)

posted by Pips 28 June | 17:11

Also, the "cone" does disturbingly resemble a leg-o-lamb, I notice...

posted by Pips 28 June | 17:13

jon, I challenge you to name me one Chinese restaurant in our hood which serves gyros. You Mr. Hyperbole, you.

posted by Captaintripps 28 June | 17:34

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