Klaus/Doctor Phibes - What Do You Think?
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https://fortune.com/europe/2024/09/23/turkey-protect-doner-kebabs-germany-eu-application/
Turkey wants to dictate what qualifies as a “döner kebab,” a dish that has become massively popular in Germany.
The famous snack, made with thin pieces of seasoned meat cooked on a rotating grill, has long been the object of contention between Germany and Turkey.
The kebab’s fame has spread worldwide, with fans in the U.K. driving the multi-billion-pound industry. It has quickly become among the top takeaway meals seen in the busy streets of London.
Turkey has applied to the European Union to register “döner” as a dish prepared in a specific way, the Turkish way.
Other foods have received similar protections, such as Italy’s Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and Spain’s Serrano ham.
If the EU approves Turkey’s application, the kebab dish will receive “traditional specialty guaranteed,” according to the Associated Press. That means Turkey can dictate the right beef variety, how it needs to be marinated to qualify as a döner kebab, and how it needs to be sliced (Turkey’s proposal states that it should be three to five millimeters).
Popular kebab varieties in Germany, such as those made with turkey and veal, will no longer be allowed in the döner kebab family. -
Döner is already subject to a couple of rules in Germany, in particular with regard to the meat that can be used.
90% of all Döner places in Germany legally don't sell Döner anymore. On the official menu, they call the dish "Drehspießfleisch" or some other abomination, but everybody still calls it Döner.
So, even if that proposal goes through, not much (if anything) would change in practice.
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I don't know what it is about those things. Sober, nobody in their right mind would eat that piece of meat that has been rotating in the window for weeks. At 2am, as the nightclubs close, nothing else will do.
And remember, always carry your card...
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9g9g7j36o
A Turkish attempt to force kebab shops in the EU to adhere to strict rules on how to make a doner kebab has been withdrawn.
If the bid for a "Traditional Speciality Guaranteed" label had succeeded, restrictions would have been imposed on the types of ingredients that could be used.
Germany's kebab industry would have been particularly skewered, as the quintessential high street doner has evolved over the decades to be rather different than the original from Turkey.
Turkish authorities argued the doner should be viewed a national dish that spread to Europe through the migration of Turks. But German officials said its take on the kebab had become part of its own national cuisine.
