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Yeah the usual home instructions are either a sheet pan under the broiler, or sear them in a super hot pan with beef fat.

I've been experimenting with homemade gyros since we processed our lambs. I havent found either of these methods really successful for replacing roasting on vertical spit and shaving off the roasted layer, which is obviously not efficient for a group. They work, you get a sear, but its not exactly the same.

Just make sure you load up that tzatziki with garlic! Reviewing the internet for tzatziki recipes I was blown away how many of them leave out garlic or call it optional.
 
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Lanx

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i remember getting this at aldi
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just fry pan

but the slices were thinner (almost cheesesteak)
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Lanx

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I've only had them at the State Fair a few times and all I saw was lamb on the advertisement, but that was ages ago.
who was that canuck faggot with the bob ross avatar? he had a hanker on insisting it was donner, while theyre vastly different, one is greek, while the other are made by pajeets that conquered canda
 
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Greek gyros are different though. Its ground meats and greek seasonings which are differnet from the middle eastern "earthy" seasonings. Its ground, like a sausage meat and formed into a loaf for those vertical spinner grilles or sold as a sliced loaf like you saw above. We buy that shit all the time. GFS sells it. Doner kebob is more like meat slices stacked, kind of like a schwarma meat. They layer that meat up along with thin cuts of fat which are all stacked on the spit spike.
 

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Throwing out chicken carcasses is just as awful as throwing out bacon fat. Just pulled my chicken broth from the pressure cooker and just the smell alone is worth it.

Rosemary, thyme, mirepoix, bay leaves, garlic, one cooked chicken with the meat that is still attached. Pressure cook 3 hours. I much prefer the flavor at 3 hours compared to 1 or less like most people suggest. I'll let it cool in the fridge overnight and then refine it to a finished product tomorrow, where part of it will go into a duxelle risotto, to play off the more intense broth flavors I like.
 

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Greek gyros are different though. Its ground meats and greek seasonings which are differnet from the middle eastern "earthy" seasonings. Its ground, like a sausage meat and formed into a loaf for those vertical spinner grilles or sold as a sliced loaf like you saw above. We buy that shit all the time. GFS sells it. Doner kebob is more like meat slices stacked, kind of like a schwarma meat. They layer that meat up along with thin cuts of fat which are all stacked on the spit spike.
And bad news, the Doner is so close most Americans can't tell the difference. In my case, I think the Doner is actually a little better. Though I'll take both in an instant, though even if you find them it's usually premade pre sliced shit. Granted the 2 best ones I ever had state side was a hot dog like cart in Denver during college (fuck been that long still remember getting a few) and sadly Arby's one was pretty good for a while.

Been to plenty of $15 type places and been utter shit.
 

mkopec

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There is some good Greek places around me that server the traditional gyro they make in house and its great. Doner here in the states is NOT the OG doner from turkey. Which is meat slabs not ground shit like it is here. There is an Arab market that I go to weekly that makes the OG doner stuff and the difference is there. They butcher their own beef and lamb there, its one of the reasons I go, because its grass fed farmer meat instead of the mass produced shit you get from chains. They also make their own pitas and toum and other shit that I pick up because its so fucking good.