Re: CHAT Re: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words)

Tristan Mc Leay wrote:

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>>> Things involving skewers are kebabs, but kebabs can also be
>>> souvlaki-like things except with Turkish bread rather than pita.
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>> Is there a difference between Turkish bread and pita? I thought pita (no
>> doubt under local names) was common throughout the eastern
>> Mediterranean.
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> Most definitely! Turkish bread has obviously risen, but not much; maybe
> a centimetre or two thick, with lots of wholes. Pita bread though is
> very flat and solid, apart from the fact that it's normally two layers.
> One of the best things about Turkish restaurants apart from everything
> else is the Turkish bread! You _must_ try some if you haven't already,
> certainly one of the nicest kinds of bread in existence.

Hmm.  what you call a Pita bread, I'd call a Chapati, and what you'd
call Turkish bread, I'd call Pita bread.

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