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 “The Greek Food Phenomenon”
Evening, gals n' gents. How are ya?
Well it's been a while since my last installment of The Fast Food Minute. In that time, you could just say I've had my fair share of Greek food. Who hasn't, right?
Well I was going to fill you in on the phenomenon of Greek joints in every suburb, city, and countryside. I was going to give you stastistical information or quick blurbs on how these
smalltime gyro shops seemed to pop up on every street corner so fast. I was going to tell you about how the Greeks migrated from their native lands (in beautiful southern Europe) to our fine
nation and brought their jaw-dropping recipes with them. Know what? I don't really know. I admit it! My information box is empty on this one so I guess so's yours.
The important thing here is to understand why Greek fast food is cool and American fast food is lame - variety. Sure, nearly any Greek joint you walk into has a menu so big it could pass for a
Barbara Hennessely novel (while your average McDonald's has about 10 items + 1 stupid "burger of the month" thing which they first established about 2 years ago) but when you really dig in and
absorb that menu, you'll find a lot of hard-to-find ingredients that make up this dapper cuisine that signifies hard work and dedication. Greek food is an art form!
 Don't believe me? Go get yourself a gyro once. Break the staples off of the brown
"carry out" bag and slide the styrofoam carton out and open it and take a whiff. Mmmmmmm. The smell of fresh cut onions, spicy grilled lamb, tangy feta cheese, sun
-ripened tomato, cucuber sauce, savory pita bread, hot peproncinis, and of course the Greek specialty: olives. A fast food SYMPHONY! In comparison, McDonald's food is a homeless moron
from San Jose playing a broken harmonica.
Even the fries you get with Greek food are of high quality.
It baffles the mind that the gyro is one of probably a hundred Greek dishes that can be yours in under 15 minutes, fresh and made to order. If you thought the gyro was complex, wait til you try some of
the other entrees marked by Greek words so long you'll have to ask your waitress what they are. Spicy sausage, feta flambe', vine leaves stuffed with ground beef and onions, and I won't even go
into the majesty of an Athenian steak.
So unless you plan on getting hit by a car, pass up on that Big Mac and head to Nikos Gyro Shop. Tell 'em the Fast Food Minute sent ya.
Signing off,
Joe Headcrash
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