Why do people call Turks kebab?
Chef's answer
Turkish tradition has it that medieval Turkic soldiers who used their swords to grill meat over open-field fires invented the dish. Shish kebab is a dish consisting of small cubes of meat or fish threaded on a skewer and grilled. Sis, pronounced [?i?], is a Turkish word meaning "sword" or "skewer"..
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From a distance, the Greek gyro looks like a doner kebab. But looks can be deceptive. There are some differences between a Greek gyro and a Turkish doner kebab. For one thing, although the meat spinning on the rotisserie looks very similar to the meat sliced for a doner kebab or an Arabic shawarma, it's not.
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Tzatziki, cac?k (Greek: ????????), (Turkish pronunciation: [d?a?d??k]), or tarator is a dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeast Europe and the Middle East..
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Sis Kebab. The most common variety of kebab is marinated lamb or beef cooked on a skewer called a "shish," or written in Turkish as sis..
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Uzbek is still considered a Turkic language. However, it is probably less understandable to Turkish speakers because the language is part of the Karluk branch. ... When spoken, Turkish speakers may be more likely to understand older Kazakh and Kyrgyz words and have some trouble recognizing newer words..
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