Edgar, your grandmother is quite right, In Crete definitely fries are served in a gyros, usually about 8 or 10. We did this when we first started doing gyros but the majority of the customers didn't like it, and thought they had just fallen in there. So we stopped. Never heard of the mustart or ketchup, but as Northern Greece is nearly Bulgaria, I think we can dismiss that
Edgar Valdez wrote:First I want to say hello to all the forum members. Second I would like to throw my 2 cents in if no one minds. I actually got into a discussion about this with my grandmother who originally is from Greece and visits every so often. Her response actually surprised me. She explained to me that even in Greece their are many variations of the gyro, a popular version which she enjoys comes stuffed with fried potatoes. Another version, which someone made a joke about comes with ketchup or mustard, I think that is usually in Northern Greece.
I can understand a chef or owner who will refuse to compromise on the "integrity" of their product. But, to totally dismiss it and say that a gyro is no longer a gyro if BBQ goes on it seems a bit excessive. Would a Greek totally dismiss a gyro if it did not have potatoes?
Variations can work and many times do so. Have you not had a true carbonara if pancetta or bacon was used as opposed to guanciale.
But I can see this has issue has been beaten like a dead horse. So again hello.
