International Meat of Mystery rotating on the skewer
I'm sure I don't want to know what kind of meat is used in the Gyros nor do I want to know how long it stays on that skewer or whether it is ever put away in the fridge at night. And I sure don't want to see what the cholesterol count is in one of those Gyros. I just want to sit down and eat two of them for lunch every day I'm in Greece. By the way, those things on the rotisserie are NOT chickens on the spit, they're lambs' heads. Something tells me some of that meat just might be part of the Gyro recipe.
Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more 
