What are you eating?

[Luke]

I very, very rarely eat fast food and just ate a McDouble. I feel...immobilized.

[fastbilly1]

I very, very rarely eat fast food and just ate a McDouble. I feel...immobilized.

I love the number 4. Two cheeseburgers meal is just perfect for me and my wallet. But I believe lunch today is going to be a little Greek place near the office. Month end and all (for reasons unknown, our sales month ends on the 21st).

[Stark]

I very, very rarely eat fast food and just ate a McDouble. I feel...immobilized.

I love the number 4. Two cheeseburgers meal is just perfect for me and my wallet. But I believe lunch today is going to be a little Greek place near the office. Month end and all (for reasons unknown, our sales month ends on the 21st).

Oh man I love Greek food! I recently gave up gyro meat, because it has wheat in it.

[Luke]

I love the number 4. Two cheeseburgers meal is just perfect for me and my wallet. But I believe lunch today is going to be a little Greek place near the office. Month end and all (for reasons unknown, our sales month ends on the 21st).

Not poo pooing fast food, but perhaps I would have to build up a tolerance to eat the stuff more than four times a year as just one McDouble did me in.

I'm not exaggerating or trying to be funny. My stomach feels like there there is a legendary brawl going on inside of it, and I keep burping up what can only be described as "pickle oil". And by stars, that cheese product they pass off as American cheese (which isn't a cheese to begin with) is an entire new level of "what IS this?".

Not on a high horse, only stating I can't see how people eat this type of food more than once a week (or once a week for that fact). And don't give me that "some people are too busy, and fast food is convenient" b.s; you can make and eat a sandwich in less time than it takes to go thru the drive thru.

[Ack]

I admit, I think I've eaten at McDonalds once in the last five years. Generally I eat at Wendy's, but I tend to only get a spicy chicken sandwich with no mayo, usually only when I need a quick bite to eat while driving down to visit my family.

[Luke]

Oh man I love Greek food! I recently gave up gyro meat, because it has wheat in it.

I gave up on gyros after I moved out of Chicago. Gyros in NC are pretty terrible. Feta cheese and lettuce on a cold pita served with pre-cut frozen gyro meat? Blasphemy. It's freshly sliced yellow onion, tomatoes, on a warm pita with a heaping pile of gyro meat (kronos isn't bad) cut straight off the spit with tzatziki sauce, no mint. Also, it should be served by someone of Greek origin who doesn't know what a fork is and suggests you also purchase saganaki.

Stark: It pales in comparison to an actual gyro, but if you have a loaf pan you can make something that at least tastes like a gyro at home without adding wheat. You place a mix of ground lamb and spices in a loaf pan, place a foil covered brick on top, cook, and slice.

[Luke]

...only when I need a quick bite to eat while driving down to visit my family.

That's usually my fast food modus operandi as well.

[Stark]

Oh man I love Greek food! I recently gave up gyro meat, because it has wheat in it.

I gave up on gyros after I moved out of Chicago. Gyros in NC are pretty terrible. Feta cheese and lettuce on a cold pita served with pre-cut frozen gyro meat? Blasphemy. It's freshly sliced yellow onion, tomatoes, on a warm pita with a heaping pile of gyro meat (kronos isn't bad) cut straight off the spit with tzatziki sauce, no mint. Also, it should be served by someone of Greek origin who doesn't know what a fork is and suggests you also purchase saganaki.

Stark: It pales in comparison to an actual gyro, but if you have a loaf pan you can make something that at least tastes like a gyro at home without adding wheat. You place a mix of ground lamb and spices in a loaf pan, place a foil covered brick on top, cook, and slice.

Yeah luckily I live in a place (kinda) like Chicago, in that there a lot of different ethnicities here and so, in this case, the person serving me a gyro is from Greece or is related to someone that came from Europe. Luckily I found a place around here that sells a similar Turkish item called a Doener Kebab, which is even better than a gyro in my book and it is made with just meat and spices.

Good idea on the gyro meatloaf bro, I'll have to try that.

[AppleQueso]

McDonald's is kinda bottom-tier fast food anyway.

[Luke]

Good idea on the gyro meatloaf bro, I'll have to try that.

I usually give the meat a bit of a sear after it cooks to make it taste a bit more authentic.

If you google King's Gyros Chicago, you'll get a mixed bag of reviews but I assure you (I have photo evidence) their gyros are amazing. Also, if you google 5539 W. Farragut you'll see how close I lived to that joint.

I've told this story before, but I'm on break so...

Years ago I took my girlfriend, now wife, there for gyros. The owner asked why we weren't married as "She is beautiful. Why she with you?". I replied with, "If we get married, free gyros?". He agreed.

Years later I went back, by myself, during a business trip and asked the owner if he remembered me. He did, but he also said, "No beautiful blond lady, no ring, no free gyros". Luckily I had to go back to the Windy City weeks later and my wife came with me.

The owner lived up to his promise of free gyros.