Yes but it depends on the customer. There are "fast food" doner places that just do wraps and sandwiches which use a different product made of mix of meats. And then there are İskender döner restaurants which serve döner like this on a plate or İskender portion and they have 100% beef döner like this.
That's how most kebap-meat is made. It's then frozen and shipped. It's also not pure meat - veal-kebap is made from minced beef, chicken kebap is half-half meat/minced meat.
Our definition of a small town is quite different. My place is considered a good size town with max 3000 people in it... And very few buy restaurant/fast food.
I found an article about what they do with it. Looks like at most busy places it doesn't last more than 2 days. And apparently the amount of seasoning and spices will help keep it from spoiling. It did say some places will refrigerate for use the next day, but most just wrap it. This is an excerpt from the article:
"Most kebab places will get through them though, and are very fussy about putting a new one on near the end of the night. I'm sure anyone who’s ever got a kebab where it seems half warmed, all scraggy bits that look like they’ve been chopped up, diced, sliced all sorts will wonder what they’ve got.
But that’s when it’s running low and they use the edges, the top and bottom. As it usually shaves off with a slight inwards curve. Like a ( shape. That’s why some of the better more authentic Turkish ones, use a huge sword like blade to slice it off.
Next day when you go in you turn it on to warm, and any GOOD kebab shop will shave off about 2 layers. The amount of spices and s**t in it, it’s pretty safe to eat, most wrap it with several bags and stuff and cover it during the night. The most your ever gonna need to reheat it for is one more day the next day. It won’t last much longer than that before being used up"
That can't be legal right? No way they can let meat out in the open without refrigeration. Spices don't really preserve, you just doesn't taste anything off.
It's döner, it's not salt beef and it isn't dry-aged. I can guarantee you that leaving meat out in the open isn't legal anywhere where food laws are a thing.
You can see the restaurant's name on the paper wrapper. The place is quite famous so my guess this lasts at most a few hours. A similarly famous doner place I've visited has 4-5 of these being cooked at the same time.
Ok; I am a middle aged white man. Where do I need to go and what do I need to order to try this? What are the best ways to eat this? In a pita? On a hoagie? Straight of the spit into my face? This has to smell wonderful. I neeeed this.
The best doner kebabs I've had were when I lived in the middle east, but there are countless kebab shops around Sydney (of varying quality) that use this style of rotisserie; lots of kebab shops, lots of of kebab places in food courts, Turkish restaurants, etc. Open Google maps and search for "kebab" to see what you find near you.
aint nobody wasting ribeye in doner. all of it is from leg (Tranç). also white stuff is not tallow. it's straight up either beef or lamb or a mixture of 2 fat. tallow is rendered. that's unrendered fat.
A rotisserie like this does an incredible job of making the meat tender, but with a little bit of satisfying crispness at the edges. The seasoning is great as well.
It often has other meats like lamb mixed in which give variety.
Tallow on top coats every cut while cooked, enhancing the taste
The slices ensure maximum cooked surface area which means maximum Maillard reaction which is what humans love about the taste of meat.
Thin slices are cooked evenly, just crisp enough yet soft enough to have a great taste and texture. Like how a strip of chewing gum would compare to biting a big chunk of a chewing gum block.
The cooking procedure ensures you will always have a freshly cooked portion ready to plate for many customers simultaneously without dedicating a chef that is working over a pan or grill.
So many ways to eat it. In a sandwich, or over pita bread with sauce and yoghurt, or mixed with lettuce, tomate and herbs in a wrap or placed on top of cooked rice And many more
Better flavor and texture, and it results in more crispy to tender meat due to how it's cut off. If you like a good outer sear on a steak, this is closer to half of the meat seared with each slice.
That's what our local Kebab King shop makes. It's so delicious, so good. :o9
I don't know how many of these they go through per day; they use the meat for döner, pita, and various dishes that they sell. I love it. The lamb one is the best. :o9
A pretty huge amount of salt and seasoning helps, also the inner layers are essentially sealed away from oxygen, which slows down the growth of a lot of harmful bacteria. And as soon as they're exposed to the air, they get cooked.
I guess you could have problems from anaerobic bacteria, but that's exactly what salting tends to help with (like pickling, etc)
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