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Old 16-06-2011, 20:39
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Anyone like them? I tried the one from Iceland today and thought it was alright for the £2

Not as good as one from a takeaway but perfectly edible. I also liked the chilli sauce
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Old 16-06-2011, 21:05
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I don't get it. Why would you buy a donner kebab with lettuce,onions and tomato in it to put in the microwave? Unless you take it to bits you end up with a cooked salad.
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Old 16-06-2011, 21:16
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I don't get it. Why would you buy a donner kebab with lettuce,onions and tomato in it to put in the microwave? Unless you take it to bits you end up with a cooked salad.
It doesn't have lettuce/tomato in it just onions
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Old 16-06-2011, 21:45
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Sounds vile. If i'm going to eat vile, it has to be from the authentic kebab house surely, and be pissed.
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Old 16-06-2011, 23:27
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There is a place near us that supplies trade with with the whole donar and they are open to public. They cook and freeze donar meat, ready for you to reheat at home. I think it costs something like £20 for 5kg and that would enough for around 10 pretty big kebabs or 20 regular sized ones.

Best way to reheat is in the oven wrapped in tin foil parcel with a bit of water. Give it around 10 minutes from frozen at around 180C, enough time for the lard to melt.
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Old 17-06-2011, 09:15
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Sounds vile. A donner rarely appeals to me at the best of times, never mind a frozen one! Boke!
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Old 17-06-2011, 10:38
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It doesn't sound cheap enough to tempt me! A small doner round my way is £3.50 so i think i'd rather stick with that. The frozen one seems like it might be too rubbery as it's not being 'glazed' on the rotating skewer.

Did you notice the percentage of meat?
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Old 17-06-2011, 11:25
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Anyone like them? I tried the one from Iceland today and thought it was alright for the £2

Not as good as one from a takeaway but perfectly edible. I also liked the chilli sauce
I've had them before and not really a fan. It was sliced too thin and tasted like burger. Plus I didn't like the way the onion was included. I like thinly sliced raw onion. And I didn't like the chilli sauce. Where i'm from we get a slightly chunky/rough chilli sauce and not a kechup style one.
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Old 17-06-2011, 11:27
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I don't get it. Why would you buy a donner kebab with lettuce,onions and tomato in it to put in the microwave? Unless you take it to bits you end up with a cooked salad.
I used to work with a lad and one day he came in raving about his local takeaway sold frozen kebabs that you could have at home and you just microwaved it.

I said wouldn't it be pretty disgusting having microwaved salad and he said he never thought of that
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Old 17-06-2011, 11:34
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I used to work with a lad and one day he came in raving about his local takeaway sold frozen kebabs that you could have at home and you just microwaved it.

I said wouldn't it be pretty disgusting having microwaved salad and he said he never thought of that
In the cafe in the building my office is in, the lady puts lettuce in the paninis and then puts them on the press thing.
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Old 17-06-2011, 11:51
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In the cafe in the building my office is in, the lady puts lettuce in the paninis and then puts them on the press thing.
Have you asked her or the people who buy them about the warm lettuce?
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Old 17-06-2011, 12:23
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It doesn't sound cheap enough to tempt me! A small doner round my way is £3.50 so i think i'd rather stick with that.
Exactly.
Just had a look at my local kebab place's menu and the difference in price isn't enough for me either.
Large donner in pitta costs £3.20 and the magnificent donner in naan bread costs £3.80. And let me tell you, it's bloody big.
£2 for a small frozen kebab that I have to do myself, not for me thanks.
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Old 17-06-2011, 12:37
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Yeah, my local kebab shop is rubbish so I've tried a few different versions of these from different supermarkets. All have tended to go unpleasantly slimy once microwaved.

Some years ago one of the supermarkets used to sell packets of just the meat which made it easy to DIY
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Old 17-06-2011, 12:41
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Yeah, my local kebab shop is rubbish so I've tried a few different versions of these from different supermarkets. All have tended to go unpleasantly slimy once microwaved.

Some years ago one of the supermarkets used to sell packets of just the meat which made it easy to DIY
ASDA used to. Again, it was too thinly sliced and tasted of burger to me rather than a spicy "meat" product.
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Old 17-06-2011, 13:21
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Have you asked her or the people who buy them about the warm lettuce?
Yeah I did ask her before, she said she had never thought about it before and nobody had ever said. I find it very odd that the same people go back day after day and eat warm lettuce!! They must like it.
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Old 17-06-2011, 13:54
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Exactly.
Just had a look at my local kebab place's menu and the difference in price isn't enough for me either.
Large donner in pitta costs £3.20 and the magnificent donner in naan bread costs £3.80. And let me tell you, it's bloody big.
£2 for a small frozen kebab that I have to do myself, not for me thanks.
Doner in naan is so nice, the best way to have it i think.
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Old 17-06-2011, 13:59
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Doner in naan is so nice, the best way to have it i think.
I agree. There's one takeaway in town that makes fresh naan breads in a tandor and they're about the size of a 12" pizza. They only cost £1 to buy seperatly aswell.
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Old 17-06-2011, 14:07
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I agree. There's one takeaway in town that makes fresh naan breads in a tandor and they're about the size of a 12" pizza. They only cost £1 to buy seperatly aswell.
I've got quite a few of those takeaways near me where you see the curries already prepared behind the glass window. I like being able to see them and make a choice based on what takes my fancy, rather than order blind from a menu. So much better value than the traditional Indian takeaways too.

Our ones do a kebab roll for £2 which is 2 skewers of spiced minced lamb or chicken in naan bread.
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Old 17-06-2011, 14:10
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Anyone like them? I tried the one from Iceland today and thought it was alright for the £2

Not as good as one from a takeaway but perfectly edible. I also liked the chilli sauce
I honestly can't think of anything more disgusting. so thanks, but no thanks.
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Old 17-06-2011, 14:31
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I've got quite a few of those takeaways near me where you see the curries already prepared behind the glass window. I like being able to see them and make a choice based on what takes my fancy, rather than order blind from a menu. So much better value than the traditional Indian takeaways too.

Our ones do a kebab roll for £2 which is 2 skewers of spiced minced lamb or chicken in naan bread.
This one isn't an Indian takeaway. It's a bog standard pizza/kebab/chips/chicken place. It was quite strange when they introduced the naans, but good and does standout from the other places that use tortilla wraps.
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Old 17-06-2011, 14:45
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It doesn't sound cheap enough to tempt me! A small doner round my way is £3.50 so i think i'd rather stick with that. The frozen one seems like it might be too rubbery as it's not being 'glazed' on the rotating skewer.

Did you notice the percentage of meat?
Don't know but its exactly the same product you get from the kebab shop. In fact they have a kebab shop next door and I am guessing thats where is made.

BTW, that 'glaze' is fat you realise
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Old 17-06-2011, 15:56
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Don't know but its exactly the same product you get from the kebab shop. In fact they have a kebab shop next door and I am guessing thats where is made.

BTW, that 'glaze' is fat you realise
A friend of mine has worked in several Turkish kebab shops. The majority of places use frozen meat.

Thanks for spoiling the 'glaze' illusion
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Old 17-06-2011, 16:20
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A friend of mine has worked in several Turkish kebab shops. The majority of places use frozen meat.
Yep, they do but it is frozen raw meat, not frozen cooked meat. TBH, I do sometimes get the frozen cooked kebabs and there is a slight difference in texture but I suspect that is more to do with there being less fat in it after the reheating process.
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