Wednesday, January 04, 2023

270+ pounds of meat

The above video is set in a rather nice-looking Uzbekistani restaurant. They are cooking shawarma, or maybe it is doner kebab. A huge pile is made by layering beef, lamb and what-not. It is then cooked using a vertical rotisserie. They also make the flat bread that is used to either wrap it or to make a sandwich. It looks like it would be a very tasty meal.

The equipment and preparation procedures are complex. I always wonder, especially for more exotic and complex meals, how we traveled from a caveman's campfire to today's dishes. A thread of history that will be forever opaque.

 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gyros

ambisinistral said...

I didn't realize that gyros were cooked using a vertical rotisserie, but you're right -- they're the Greek version of the Turkish dish these guys are cooking. I suppose the bread might be different, but don't know.

Anonymous said...

How very kind of them to "let" the process play out