How to make burger gyros

[cubrinj]

Burger gyros are the new trend! All you need to do is take a burger and put it in a pita and then you're all set

• 4 Greek pita bread rounds
• 1 recipe Greek tzatziki
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced
• Crumbled feta cheese
• 4 prepared hamburgers, halved
• Dried Greek oregano

 

[ellinasgolfer0320]

Well then it's not a "gyros" if it is cooked like this. The reason the food is called a "gyros" is because it spins in circles as it cooks, just as the name implies... This is just a hamburger in a pita. In Greek we would say "χάμπουργκερ σε πίτα"

 

[francescool]

Well then it's not a "gyros" if it is cooked like this. The reason the food is called a "gyros" is because it spins in circles as it cooks, just as the name implies... This is just a hamburger in a pita. In Greek we would say "χάμπουργκερ σε πίτα"

Ohhh that's a good point. I saw this on a menu at a trendy Greek place in Athens and I was very confused

 

[ellinasgolfer0320]

Ohhh that's a good point. I saw this on a menu at a trendy Greek place in Athens and I was very confused

That makes sense. I imagine the restaurants serving this were in touristy areas. Native Greeks would never order something like this at a restaurant. If someone orders anything else other than a gyros or souvlaki as their entree at a Greek restaurant in Greece hen that person is a tourist -Greeks will never order anything other than souvlaki or a gyros.

 

[nadellii]

That makes sense. I imagine the restaurants serving this were in touristy areas. Native Greeks would never order something like this at a restaurant. If someone orders anything else other than a gyros or souvlaki as their entree at a Greek restaurant in Greece hen that person is a tourist -Greeks will never order anything other than souvlaki or a gyros.

Yes I think so too, this is not really greek..... I saw this type of food at a cafe in Thessaloniki that had all types of non-Greek food with a Greek twist like crepes with feta and tomato, burger gyro, and other american/european foods

 

[k_tsoukalas]

I notice all kinds of different "Gyros" on menus all over Greece with different ingredients. I even saw a vegetarian one with Greek salad stuffed in a pita and they still called it a gyro. While I agree that it is nice to maintain the traditions, they seem to be calling all sorts of things Gyros in Greece. It may have gotten it's name originally from the meat that turns around on a small spit, but if actual Greeks living in Greece still call them gyros if there are different ingredients in them, I don't see the harm in us doing the same. Why is anything named anything? Do we need to literally be in Hamburg, Germany to call a hamburger a hamburger? At this point, hamburgers have little to do with the German city they are named for, and may have never even originated there.