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“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for €3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs.

The German capital is the birthplace of that ubiquitous European fast food, the doner kebab, and it shows.

Kebab shops line streets of many German cities, particularly in Berlin, and the scent of roasting, skewered meat is never far off.

Some two-million doner kebabs — meat wrapped in bread, topped with sauces and vegetables — are consumed a day in Germany, according to an industry association, quite a lot for a country of 83 million people. And the doner kebab has even supplanted the old stalwart, the currywurst — fried veal sausage topped with ketchup and curry powder — as the most popular fast-food dish in the country, according to a 2022 survey.

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[-] daqu@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago

Döner "mit alles und ohne scharf" is the best kind of integration, and has been invented in Germany (by a Turkish chef).

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

Do I bring a pizza home and add meat cooked in Turkish styles and call pizza a Turkish cuisine?

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Probably more accurate than calling it Italian. Also, lahmacun exists.

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It does, and this point does not contradict food mis-attribution. Still again, calling an appropriated food something else is reflecting the changes well enough to put them in the name, rather than stealing the attribution for a cultural part as much as to go into calling a variety land the birthplace.

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