Gyros

"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I made Gyros last night for my father-in-laws 77th birthday.

I've never cooked Greek food so I simply searched out a recipe on line -
alot of times I will read comments posted by others about the taste of the
recipe. The one I decided to go with was the recipe from the food network
by Emeril Lagasse - since I used the recipe almost exactly I will just
post the link to it...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_19507,00.html

It turned out wonderful.

My husband, while on deployment, went to Rhodos Greece - he said these
tasted very authentic.

It is defiantly something I will make again, although not too often since
Lamb is a bit more pricey than other meats (and really hard to find here -
which I found odd)

With dinner I served Hougue Genesis Merlot and also Catena Chardonnay for
those of us that prefer white wine

I served the gyros and for dessert an Oreo cheesecake

It turned out to be a wonderful meal - even my very soft spoken
brother-in-law complimented the meal 🙂

That sounds delicious, but I do not believe it is an authentic gyro. Unless
I am mistaken, gyro is a mixture of finely ground lamb and beef with
seasonings that is formed into a large "meatloaf" then cooked and sliced
thinly. You may have seen them turning on vertical spits at gryo
restaurants.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

Peter Aitken said:

"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I made Gyros last night for my father-in-laws 77th birthday.

I've never cooked Greek food so I simply searched out a recipe on line -
alot of times I will read comments posted by others about the taste of the
recipe. The one I decided to go with was the recipe from the food network
by Emeril Lagasse - since I used the recipe almost exactly I will just
post the link to it...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_19507,00.html

It turned out wonderful.

My husband, while on deployment, went to Rhodos Greece - he said these
tasted very authentic.

It is defiantly something I will make again, although not too often since
Lamb is a bit more pricey than other meats (and really hard to find here -
which I found odd)

With dinner I served Hougue Genesis Merlot and also Catena Chardonnay for
those of us that prefer white wine

I served the gyros and for dessert an Oreo cheesecake

It turned out to be a wonderful meal - even my very soft spoken
brother-in-law complimented the meal 🙂

That sounds delicious, but I do not believe it is an authentic gyro. Unless
I am mistaken, gyro is a mixture of finely ground lamb and beef with
seasonings that is formed into a large "meatloaf" then cooked and sliced
thinly. You may have seen them turning on vertical spits at gryo
restaurants.

Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites online
that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak of. It
seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.

Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit -
this is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last
month.

At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it

Roberta (in VA)

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Quoted message said:

Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites online
that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak of. It
seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.

Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit - this
is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last month.

At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it

Roberta (in VA)

Thanks for the info - it sounds great! I love lamb and will put this on my
list of things to try.

By the way, if you have a Costco near you, they have terrific Australian
lamb at very reasonable prices.

--
Peter Aitken

Peter Aitken said:

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Quoted message said:

Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites online
that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak of. It
seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.

Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit - this
is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last month.

At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it

Roberta (in VA)

Thanks for the info - it sounds great! I love lamb and will put this on my
list of things to try.

By the way, if you have a Costco near you, they have terrific Australian
lamb at very reasonable prices.

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams
Club? Is it reasonable and worth it?

Roberta (in VA)

If you can find Greek Yogurt to use, everything will be EVEN better. I
do not know where you are but I can buy it at CENTRAL MARKET and I
would bet WHOLE FOODS would have it.

Rosie

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Peter Aitken said:

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Quoted message said:

Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites online
that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak of. It
seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.

Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit -
this is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last
month.

At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it

Roberta (in VA)

Thanks for the info - it sounds great! I love lamb and will put this on
my list of things to try.

By the way, if you have a Costco near you, they have terrific Australian
lamb at very reasonable prices.

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams Club?
Is it reasonable and worth it?

Roberta (in VA)

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

Peter Aitken said:

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Peter Aitken said:

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>Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
>made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites online
>that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak of. It
>seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.
>
>Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit -
>this is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last
>month.
>
>At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it
>
>Roberta (in VA)

Thanks for the info - it sounds great! I love lamb and will put this on
my list of things to try.

By the way, if you have a Costco near you, they have terrific Australian
lamb at very reasonable prices.

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams Club?
Is it reasonable and worth it?

Roberta (in VA)

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

If I can go and walk around, see what they have and see prices I plan on
looking into this. I have heard alot of good about Costco (most of it
here lol) Had a membership to Sams but really found prices weren't
better (at least not on food) unless you bought in true "BULK"...I
personally wouldn't use 50 pounds of peanut butter before it went bad
*G* So I let the membership lapse...

ROberta (in VA)

rosie said:

If you can find Greek Yogurt to use, everything will be EVEN better. I
do not know where you are but I can buy it at CENTRAL MARKET and I
would bet WHOLE FOODS would have it.

Rosie

I am not near either store ... but I will keep my eye out for it - thank
you 🙂

Roberta (in VA...but not any of the whole foods cities)

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"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams Club?
Is it reasonable and worth it?

Quoted message said:

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

I used to enjoy a trip over there a couple times a year, stock up
on this and that, then one year it was $45 a year, that seemed to
just cross the line for me. Still, you can save a lot of money
shopping there, especially if you have a family. It's a little tougher
if it's just shopping for two.

They do have very good meat; that, I miss.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

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"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams Club?
Is it reasonable and worth it?

Quoted message said:

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

I used to enjoy a trip over there a couple times a year, stock up
on this and that, then one year it was $45 a year, that seemed to
just cross the line for me. Still, you can save a lot of money
shopping there, especially if you have a family. It's a little tougher
if it's just shopping for two.

They do have very good meat; that, I miss.

nancy

I feed 5....is it similar to Sams? better? I "did" Sam's and found it
wasn't worth the money...

Roberta (in VA)

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Nancy Young wrote:

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Quoted message said:

I used to enjoy a trip over there a couple times a year, stock up
on this and that, then one year it was $45 a year, that seemed to
just cross the line for me. Still, you can save a lot of money
shopping there, especially if you have a family. It's a little tougher
if it's just shopping for two.

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I feed 5....is it similar to Sams? better? I "did" Sam's and found it
wasn't worth the money...

I can't answer that, I have never been to a Sam's. Maybe someone
else knows? I can only guess they are pretty similar.

nancy

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Peter Aitken said:

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Peter Aitken wrote:

>"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>
><snipped>
>
>>Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
>>made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites
>>online that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak
>>of. It seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.
>>
>>Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit -
>>this is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last
>>month.
>>
>>At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it
>>
>>Roberta (in VA)
>
>
>Thanks for the info - it sounds great! I love lamb and will put this on
>my list of things to try.
>
>By the way, if you have a Costco near you, they have terrific Australian
>lamb at very reasonable prices.
>

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams Club?
Is it reasonable and worth it?

Roberta (in VA)

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

If I can go and walk around, see what they have and see prices I plan on
looking into this. I have heard alot of good about Costco (most of it
here lol) Had a membership to Sams but really found prices weren't better
(at least not on food) unless you bought in true "BULK"...I personally
wouldn't use 50 pounds of peanut butter before it went bad *G* So I let
the membership lapse...

ROberta (in VA)

There are only two of us and we have memberships in both BJ (in VA) and
Costco. Sams isn't that close to me and the times I've been there, they
don't even come close to BJ's & Costco (IMO). BJ's has some more up-scale
things than Costco in the way of food, so it's a treat for me to go there.
BJ's prices for books are higher, so it's a trade off.

Really, I only buy 2 jars of mustard, 2 jars of peanut butter, 1 jar of
olives, etc. I've never seen 50 pounds of anything except perhaps rice and
flour. (Yes, I know you're kidding!) We have found that with the type of
membership that you pay more for in order to get a percentage back, has
always paid for our memberships, plus some extra.
Yesterday we shopped at Lowe's and were comparing 3 faucets that we bought
at Costco within the last month. We saved a bundle. All three faucets
needed replaced and even though we might not have picked the particular
Costco faucets for our home, the money saved for quality faucets was way
over the amount of our membership.
Give it a try. It is not for everyone.
Dee Dee

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Nancy Young said:

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"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

>I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams
>Club? Is it reasonable and worth it?

Quoted message said:

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

I used to enjoy a trip over there a couple times a year, stock up
on this and that, then one year it was $45 a year, that seemed to
just cross the line for me. Still, you can save a lot of money
shopping there, especially if you have a family. It's a little tougher
if it's just shopping for two.

They do have very good meat; that, I miss.

nancy

I feed 5....is it similar to Sams? better? I "did" Sam's and found it
wasn't worth the money...

Roberta (in VA)

I'd save the price of the membership just on CHEESE!!
Dee Dee

Peter Aitken said:

"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I made Gyros last night for my father-in-laws 77th birthday.

I've never cooked Greek food so I simply searched out a recipe on line -
alot of times I will read comments posted by others about the taste of the
recipe. The one I decided to go with was the recipe from the food network
by Emeril Lagasse - since I used the recipe almost exactly I will just
post the link to it...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_19507,00.html

It turned out wonderful.

My husband, while on deployment, went to Rhodos Greece - he said these
tasted very authentic.

It is defiantly something I will make again, although not too often since
Lamb is a bit more pricey than other meats (and really hard to find here -
which I found odd)

With dinner I served Hougue Genesis Merlot and also Catena Chardonnay for
those of us that prefer white wine

I served the gyros and for dessert an Oreo cheesecake

It turned out to be a wonderful meal - even my very soft spoken
brother-in-law complimented the meal 🙂

That sounds delicious, but I do not believe it is an authentic gyro. Unless
I am mistaken, gyro is a mixture of finely ground lamb and beef with
seasonings that is formed into a large "meatloaf" then cooked and sliced
thinly. You may have seen them turning on vertical spits at gryo
restaurants.

As most homes don't have a vertical spit, a variance in the cooking
method hardly seems out of line.

Please consider all the poor idiots that are getting mystery slices
nuked for their meals because the restaurant doesn't do either for cost
reasons and expediency.

jim

Peter Aitken said:

"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I made Gyros last night for my father-in-laws 77th birthday.

I've never cooked Greek food so I simply searched out a recipe on line -
alot of times I will read comments posted by others about the taste of the
recipe. The one I decided to go with was the recipe from the food network
by Emeril Lagasse - since I used the recipe almost exactly I will just
post the link to it...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_19507,00.html

It turned out wonderful.

My husband, while on deployment, went to Rhodos Greece - he said these
tasted very authentic.

It is defiantly something I will make again, although not too often since
Lamb is a bit more pricey than other meats (and really hard to find here -
which I found odd)

With dinner I served Hougue Genesis Merlot and also Catena Chardonnay for
those of us that prefer white wine

I served the gyros and for dessert an Oreo cheesecake

It turned out to be a wonderful meal - even my very soft spoken
brother-in-law complimented the meal 🙂

That sounds delicious, but I do not believe it is an authentic gyro. Unless
I am mistaken, gyro is a mixture of finely ground lamb and beef with
seasonings that is formed into a large "meatloaf" then cooked and sliced
thinly. You may have seen them turning on vertical spits at gryo
restaurants.

As a follow-up, you are correct about gyros being a loaf of lamb and
beef. So Emeril's recipe is hardly "authentic." Ground lamb, ground
beef. A butcher can do the ground lamb up for you or, whip out the KA
and do it oneself.

jim

Nancy Young wrote on 29 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking

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"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Quoted message said:

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at
Sams Club? Is it reasonable and worth it?

Quoted message said:

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

I used to enjoy a trip over there a couple times a year, stock up
on this and that, then one year it was $45 a year, that seemed to
just cross the line for me. Still, you can save a lot of money
shopping there, especially if you have a family. It's a little
tougher if it's just shopping for two.

They do have very good meat; that, I miss.

nancy

I've never seen a Sams.

CostCo is a giant wharehouse of a place. They've got aisles of food on
one side. In the center is seasonal stuff...books, kids toys, colthing
etc... On the other side is stuff like TV's , digital cameras, pot and
pan sets etc. At the back is Meat and fresh produce and the bakery.
there's a pharmacy and a fast food restaruant in the front.

Grocery stuff is sold in extra large sizes, you gotta finda a box for
your stuff to carry home in and the cashier lineups are fierce and
almost as long as at Walmart.

On the whole I find Costco quality to be better than supermarket quality.
But their service sucks. A real thrifty shopper could find better prices
though (I'm not one of those). And there's no guarantee that the same
brandname item you bought there last month will be there this month or
ever again.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Well there is just the 2 of us and yeh, you gotta be careful buying at
Costco cause you can easily buy too much of something and it spoils.
That said, we keep our membership year after year and will continue to
do so. First we can depend on the quality. The prices are usually
lower but not always. We have to be careful of the quanitiy but with
careful shopping we come out ahead, especially when we use the
costco/amex card which gives us a rebate every year. Also the gasoline
prices are usually the lowest around. Safeway is close but not quite as
low usually.

Roberta said:

Nancy Young said:

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"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

> I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams
> Club? Is it reasonable and worth it?

Quoted message said:

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

I used to enjoy a trip over there a couple times a year, stock up
on this and that, then one year it was $45 a year, that seemed to
just cross the line for me. Still, you can save a lot of money
shopping there, especially if you have a family. It's a little tougher
if it's just shopping for two.

They do have very good meat; that, I miss.

nancy

I feed 5....is it similar to Sams? better? I "did" Sam's and found
it wasn't worth the money...

Roberta (in VA)

Roberta said:

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams
Club? Is it reasonable and worth it?

Wife and I visited the local CostCo to check out whether we
wanted to renew our many-years-lapsed membership -- decided it wasn't
worth it, for us. The fee is now up to $40/year. Without
a membership, you can buy most things by paying a 5% surcharge.
So ... if you figure you'll spend $800/year at a Costco,
it's worth it.

Mostly, the selection of items didn't look that great
(but I wasn't interested in their meat department which I've
heard good things about).

Steve

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Peter Aitken said:

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Peter Aitken wrote:

>"Roberta" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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><snipped>
>
>>Actually, it depends on where you look as to what authentic gyro's are
>>made of. It does seem that for the most part, at least the sites online
>>that I found, say that it is the pressed minced meat you speak of. It
>>seems in the US that is almost exclusively what you find.
>>
>>Some sites said that lamb is sliced thin and put on a vertical spit -
>>this is the kind that my husband had in Rodos when he was there last
>>month.
>>
>>At any rate 🙂 It was fantastic and everyone loved it
>>
>>Roberta (in VA)
>
>
>Thanks for the info - it sounds great! I love lamb and will put this on
>my list of things to try.
>
>By the way, if you have a Costco near you, they have terrific Australian
>lamb at very reasonable prices.
>

I do have a Costco near me - is there a membership fee like at Sams Club?
Is it reasonable and worth it?

Roberta (in VA)

There is a membership, $35 a year I think. We find it worth it.

If I can go and walk around, see what they have and see prices I plan on
looking into this. I have heard alot of good about Costco (most of it
here lol) Had a membership to Sams but really found prices weren't
better (at least not on food) unless you bought in true "BULK"...I
personally wouldn't use 50 pounds of peanut butter before it went bad
*G* So I let the membership lapse...

ROberta (in VA)

You may go into Costco and look around. I believe you can actually
purchase items at a premium if you were not a member. It used to be
10%. Sam's has the same arrangement.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
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