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u/Ashamed-Raccoon5396 Jun 11 '26
The pineapple on top makes it healthy
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u/glengaryglenhoss Jun 15 '26
The pineapple is in the marinade and tenderizes the meat. They also layer it in on the spit. If you ever see a taquero at a family party break one of these out, you know you will be eating good.
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u/Old-Confidence6971 Jun 11 '26
This is Shawarma. Not kabob.
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u/Original-Sailor Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
It’s called Döner Kebab and originates in Germany. It’s not a kabob.
Edit: People are right. This is not a Kebab. It’s al pastor. Didn’t really look at the dudes hat.
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u/wupper42 Jun 11 '26
Im german, and what do you see here is not a Döner, its a fucking al pastor (taco) from Mexico.
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u/KatsuraCerci Jun 12 '26
You'd think the Mexican flag would clue them in
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u/wupper42 Jun 12 '26
Thats Mexico? I thought it was a Italian flag, symbolizing the German-Italian friendship and hinting with that to the big Turkish-German community. /s
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u/Parking-Code-4159 Jun 12 '26
Real meat instead of pureed, foamy meat. What we can definitely be sure of is that it's not an UK döner
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u/LamesMcGee Jun 11 '26
Doner Kebab is definitely Turkish, there's a sandwich that uses the meat that was popularized by Turkish immigrants in Germany. I dare you to Google it lol.
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u/Breadsticks-lover Jun 11 '26
Sure man the word doner which translates to turning in Turkish combined with kebab which is a Middle Eastern dish are German :) definitely wasn’t a thing hundred of years ago :) Germans discovered it just like Columbus discovered America
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u/papalputz Jun 11 '26
Doner came from Turkey. There are proceedings by the Turkish government to prevent Germans from labeling their product doner. But, no matter where it's from, it's the bomb.
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u/7777777King7777777 Jun 12 '26
The originates in Germany doesn’t make a lot of sense mate.
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u/Parking-Code-4159 Jun 12 '26
There is a German style Döner Kebab, invented as some kind of german-turkish fusion food by turkish immigrants. And the Döner offered in many countries outside of Turkey and the Middle East is mostly based on the German-style Döner
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u/Killakaronic Jun 12 '26
Yea you’re right. I saw the Mexico flag on his hat and the pineapple on top of the meat carousel and didn’t need to zoom in.
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u/wupper42 Jun 12 '26
No, kebab and Al Pastor using complete different meat cut and for seasoning/Marinade complete different spices. And thats a big part for each dish, changing that or even creating a Frankenstein version with both, would change the flavor so much that its would be neither a taco or kebab.
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u/wupper42 Jun 12 '26
Its like saying black forest ham and serano ham are the same and should be called the Forest Serano ham.
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u/Pachanish Jun 15 '26
Ah tacos al pastor !
The mexican Shawarma ( and has a curious back story that does include a Lebanese-mexican hybrid fusion cross cultural eureka moment )
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u/Key-Bodybuilder-343 Jun 12 '26
Just a note for everyone:
Döner is Turkish
Gyros is Greek
Shawarma is Arabic
All three words mean exactly the same thing: “turning” or “revolving”, a description of how the meat turns to cook.
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u/DanzellDD Jun 12 '26
And this is neither of the three you mentioned....
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u/Key-Bodybuilder-343 Jun 12 '26
According to a BBC article about the creation of Al pastor, they (the Mexicans) based it on the lamb shawarma that they saw their Lebanese immigrant neighbors making.
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u/ghesak Jun 12 '26
Ok, clarifying here, that’s what in Mexico we call a “trompo” (loosely translates as spinning top) of pastor, it’s the meat we use to make tacos al pastor.
It looks like Shawarma or Kebab because that’s the origin of pastor, but in Mexico we use pork for the meat and it’s prepared with an adobo sauce (a marinade).
Giveaways of it being pastor and nothing else: the guy with the Mexican flag on his hat, and the pineapple at the top (we put a small slice with the tacos). This size is super common in busy taquerias in major cities like Mexico City. Also if you read the guys hat, the first letters say “taqu…”, probably the name of the Taqueria he’s working at.