Well, my understanding is that in general, the more processed the food (including meat), the worse it is for our health.

Gyro / shawarma meat is evidently heavily processed and then reconstituted in to the ‘cone,’ likely with a bunch of salt, binding agents and preservatives added. Not unlike sausages, for example.

So almost any type of meat that goes in to a shawarma / gyro, such as lamb, beef, chicken, etc is going to be considerably better for us when eaten straight-up, as with steaks, etc.

is quite different from mist actual Italian cuisine.

That was my sense as well from my one visit to Italy. As is completely common, an ethnic / cultural food almost always get adapted towards the tastes of other regions / nations.

Now… I go to my local Soul Food place all the time, and we… Thai, now?

(I probably screwed up the joke right there, didn’t I?) :S

Whoa… Honolulu!?

But yeah-- “Tiradito” is sort of a more thinly-sliced version of ceviche, marinated in “leche de tigre.”

Bah, not trying to start a flame-war here, but… I have my personal choice. (no offense)

Yeap, I love it!

(but I also hate it for my health, if that makes sense?)

In truth, I could nom their stuff for eternity.
I love how you nailed them both, right there!

a couple dozen (minimum) cuisines in a trench coat.

Hahaha, that’s great!

Cantonese food, though… we must try it!!

So we’ve narrowed it down to two continents, then? :o

Wow, that’s… yeah!

So, hehe, I’ve been to Italia a grand total of <once>, when we visited my aunt in Firenza, many years ago. (One of the things I really loved about Italia is how it busted our mindset about ‘American expectations’)

Eh, but they use no tomatoes or corn.

Fair! But we also came up with potatoes, chiles, and quite a number of spicy meatballs, not just of the polpette piccanti variety, eh?

Eh, but why GREEK…?

(I’m assuming you’re not referring to the gross slabs of reconstituted meat, roasting unhealthily on the rotisserie?)

Tiradito, compa.

Mira.

Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn

It’s so curious-- so what was late-stage Western Roman food like, anyway?

Max Miller is a dang-ol’ genius at this stuff, but he always has to make a huge production about it, y’know…?

Eventually I can argue that frosted animal crackers, the pink and white ones, furthest from any kind of national or regional cuisine whatsoever, are Thai food cause they’ve been eaten by Thai people.

MAN, you were on ROLL right there, and then… you just decided to… LOL

Lean

Huh! And what is that, if I may ask…?

EDIT: Will you clowns give it a rest for JUST a moment, here…?

Cool!
In which case, how should we organise such things across the FV…?

May I burn in hell, but that’s in my top 3 also, along with Google and WP.

Ah, there we go. I just had to signup via Google.

Thanks for the share.

That’s a great way of putting it, and I think usually the case in situations like this.

Which therefore kinda suggests that the bigger and more amazing the song can actually be detrimental for the prospects of fanhood.

Bonus pts, if you really need it:

Tessa Violet - I Like (the idea of) You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQyFFTh_YGc

I wish I could see it!