Gyro history

origins
➔Believed to have originated from Greece.
➔The vertical rotisserie cooking style was
developed in Bursa by Turks in the 19th
century Ottoman empire and was called
doner kebab.

Fun facts
➔Pronounced yeeros, Greek for spin.
➔An assortment of meats cooked together with seasonings
on a vertical rotisserie.

The gyro in america

➔ George Apostolou served the first gyros in Chicago in
1965.
➔“Titan” gyro makers such as Kronos make 600,000 gyros a
day.

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