the following are everything i’ve writton donairs. which need to get the international recognition equal to the poutine. i swear if i could convince the local schwarma and kabab places to try donair sauce as a direct complete rpelace ment for the garlic saice (toum?), or even in additoin to, we will swwepp the world with a new food craze.
these notes are direct from my s.o.c. file.
kiro with no sauce – get a gyro from Souvlaki Pit? orhter? wit no sauce. I add my own sweet sauce to make it a donair.
also, there is a donair shop on George, above curry village (left side George st., just after poutine place? (sadly, that place doies not serve donairs, dispite still as of 2023-09~ having donair in their name.)
Gyro & shawarma are easy to find in any large town in most of Ontario. My ~70k pop central Ontario town has at least a dozen options as well as “Pita Pit”. Falafel, too.
What’s rare is the Donair. Think gyro with cheddar cheese (optional), onions, tomatoes (optional) and the most incredibly addictive sweet sauce instead of garlic-centric. Basically condensed milk + sugar + vinegar (maybe). Perfect sauce for the spicy vertical spit-roasted beef (instead of the lamb, beef or chicken of a gyro).
Sadly mostly limited to the East Coast. And Alberta for some odd reason. A chain called Greco Donair tried a push into Ontario ~20 years ago, maybe a dozen stores, all gone within 5 years. Ontario-folk just didn’t get donairs. I tried, too. Weekly lunch trip for the year our local outpost survived.
2023-12-15 – sent this army story to youtuber chef… https://youtu.be/LXXUqe9JiY8?si=5eM-r-yqwsv-PeJG
When I was in the army, stationed in Gagetown, NB, a Greco Donair was on the way home from the local draft beer parlour (The Fort). Donairs are perfect for a late night alcohol absorber. I order the usual 2 regular with onions, cheese, extra sauce. To go. In a foil wrap, in a paper bag, one in each coat pocket.
Left, right, left, right, stumble back to the barracks. Pass out face first on bed, clothing including coat still on. Wake up next morning. Hungry but don’t wanna shower & etc. to be presentable for mess hall.
But hey! What’s this? Slightly warm donairs in my pockets!
I only ate one of them. The other went in the fridge for late night snack.
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