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Principia Discordia => Discordian Recipes => Topic started by: Faust on January 04, 2008, 01:05:56 AM

Title: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Faust on January 04, 2008, 01:05:56 AM
I got bored tonight so I wanted to eat something a bit healthier then my usual dinner so I made some Tzatziki and a burger and stuck it in a wrap.
Tzatziki is a yogurt/garlic sauce and is really easy to make and is fairly good for you.
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Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Richter on January 04, 2008, 01:20:12 PM
I think this is going to be dinner, much obliged!
Isn't this the sauce that gets put on gyros?
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 04, 2008, 01:24:44 PM
yeah. needs a littlebit of mint, though.

and, depending on how thick the skin of your cucumbers are, you might wanna consider just washing hem instead of skinning, before grating.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: AFK on January 04, 2008, 01:35:52 PM
This looks good.  I may give this one a try this weekend. 
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: LMNO on January 04, 2008, 01:52:08 PM
For extra thickness, line a sieve with cheesecloth placed over a bowl, and dump the yogurt into the sieve.  Let it sit in the fridge overnight.  Next day, discard excess liquid from the bowl.  The yogurt should be the consistency of a soft cheese.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Richter on January 04, 2008, 01:53:58 PM
I'm frying some falaffel to go with this all.
Now I just have to decide how to prep the chicken. 
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 04, 2008, 02:03:28 PM
falafel with chicken?

huh?

i thought it was a vegetarian dish, with fried chicken pea balls.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Richter on January 04, 2008, 02:21:38 PM
In our barbaric land, the small restraunts and stalls that sell middle eastern will sell you the aforementioned foods (whatever meat, falafel, tzatiki sauce) slapped into a pita with other stuff in a seemingly random order, the falafel being just another item in the wrap.  I have no idea how "authentic" this is, but it is tasty so I'd like to attempt. 
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 04, 2008, 02:28:52 PM
over here you get a pita with a bunch of falafel balls in it, then you head off to the salad bar to fill it up with as much vegetables, hot sauce, garlic sauce, whatnot, stuff as possible.

i'm pretty sure that's not very authentic either.

but the falafel joints pride themselves on being vegetarian here, attracting a certain slice of the population etc .. at least, the ones i've seen. good possibility that, for example, in amsterdam they sell falafel with shoarma and call it doner.

hell, even when i was in turkey they sometimes got it wrong. doner means "turning" and kebab means "onna stick" (at least, so i've been told), referring to the big hunk of meat that's turning onna stick, little scraps are cut off.
but seemingly, you can call anything based on little bits of meat "doner", no matter if it's from a stick or if you're gonna put it in a pita, or whatever.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Richter on January 04, 2008, 03:16:02 PM
I think we're both farmilliar with the same animal, then.  The vegetarian aspect is available over here too, it's just part of the normal menu.
   
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Darth Cupcake on January 04, 2008, 03:38:29 PM
Yeah, Americans just like to add meat.

For example, at a bar/restaurant place near me, you can get a veggie burger with chili (non-vegetarian) on it. Other places you can get a veggie burger with bacon. Fact: it's really tasty, because veggies are tasty, but so are meat products! They mix nicely! :wink:

And vegetarians also get highly miffed when they see it, which is worth some extra entertainment value.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 04, 2008, 04:07:15 PM
i often used to make big cheeseburgers with veggie burgers when i had a vegetarian gf. worked really well.

i might even have added bacon to mine a few times.

the difference with veggie product and meat products is, IMO, that even the really good veggie products tend to get boring after eating it often, but a piece of good meat does not. still, i agree they're tasty, once in a while.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Suu on January 04, 2008, 08:48:40 PM
I actually enjoy a good veggie burger now and then...I just make sure I coat the bitch in delicious cheese.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 05, 2008, 12:17:38 AM
Making things correct with the scientific power of cheese!

Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Faust on January 05, 2008, 12:44:17 AM
Quote from: triple zero on January 04, 2008, 01:24:44 PM
yeah. needs a littlebit of mint, though.

and, depending on how thick the skin of your cucumbers are, you might wanna consider just washing hem instead of skinning, before grating.

I'm not a fan of mint(not even chocolate) but most people would probably prefer it with a small bit of mint.

our felafal place in town gives out to you if you ask for meat, thats the kebab or something. the veg stuff they fry as balls is really nice.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Sir Squid Diddimus on January 05, 2008, 05:06:24 AM
some people add dill to tzaziki. i like it that way.
just yogurt, cucumber, lemon juice, garlic, dill, teeny bit olive oil


and this...
Quote from: Nigel on January 05, 2008, 12:17:38 AM
Making things correct with the scientific power of cheese!



is how i live my life, my dear  :)
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 05, 2008, 06:24:15 AM
Now I want some cheese. And I am going to have some!
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 05, 2008, 12:49:54 PM
faust could you perhaps explain me what you're doing if you "squeeze the bits until all the excess waste is gone" ?

you mean to throw away the cucumber juice?

.. that's not waste ;-)
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Faust on January 05, 2008, 02:39:10 PM
Quote from: triple zero on January 05, 2008, 12:49:54 PM
faust could you perhaps explain me what you're doing if you "squeeze the bits until all the excess waste is gone" ?

you mean to throw away the cucumber juice?

.. that's not waste ;-)
I don't use it and removing it makes the stuff thicker (gotta try the strainer thing next time).
What do you use it for?
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 05, 2008, 02:48:58 PM
dunno really, but i'd be reluctant to throw it away :)
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Faust on January 05, 2008, 03:17:52 PM
mix it with an egg and some cod liver oil and have it for breakfast.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 05, 2008, 03:21:43 PM
urgh

but you can mix it with gin, though.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Faust on January 05, 2008, 03:27:13 PM
The only situation I would drink gin in is one where I am a sixty year old spinster who lives with her cats.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Triple Zero on January 05, 2008, 03:34:42 PM
heh, i have the same thing with "jenever" (that's like, dutch gin)

except not

cause you mix it with bitter-lemon and it's pretty good.

also, secretly, pure it's not that bad either (though i prefer zubrowka or stolichnaya)
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Faust on January 05, 2008, 03:36:45 PM
I had gin once and it made me really depressed, I wont touch it again
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 05, 2008, 07:28:35 PM
I don't drink rum for the same reason. Actually it's not the depression, it's the throwing-up.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: East Coast Hustle on January 06, 2008, 12:14:40 AM
protip: pure cucumber juice will make you poop FAST.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 06, 2008, 02:10:38 AM
Good to know!
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Sir Squid Diddimus on January 06, 2008, 09:37:31 AM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on January 06, 2008, 12:14:40 AM
protip: pure cucumber juice will make you poop FAST.

for real?
im gonna go drink a shit-ton....... for science!
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 06, 2008, 07:36:31 PM
Quote from: Cthulhu's Squidling on January 06, 2008, 09:37:31 AM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on January 06, 2008, 12:14:40 AM
protip: pure cucumber juice will make you poop FAST.

for real?
im gonna go drink a shit-ton....... for science!

Yay SCIENCE!!
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: The Littlest Ubermensch on January 06, 2008, 11:53:51 PM
I'm a weakling who just buys Tzaziki at the store rather than making it, but it is some delicious stuff. I'm definitely going to have to start piling it on hamburgers.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 07, 2008, 12:21:56 AM
I didn't know you could buy it!

Mix some chopped onions and parsley into your burger, and you've got something approximating kafta.
Title: Re: Tzatziki and burger wrap
Post by: Sepia on January 15, 2008, 10:21:54 PM
Quote from: LMNO on January 04, 2008, 01:52:08 PM
For extra thickness, line a sieve with cheesecloth placed over a bowl, and dump the yogurt into the sieve.  Let it sit in the fridge overnight.  Next day, discard excess liquid from the bowl.  The yogurt should be the consistency of a soft cheese.

Use this liquid as a baguette starter.