Tara > wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:18:31 -0500, Tara wrote:
>
>> Can't wait to go this weekend. We are going to eat like fools, drink
>> wine, and bring home assorted pastries and lamb by the pound.
>>
>> http://atlantagreekfestival.org
>>
>> http://atlantagreekfestival.org/food.html
>>
>>
>
> It was fun! My husband I ate gyros, drank wine, and shared a frappe.
> One son ate a lamb sandwich; the other ate pastitsio. The kids had
> baklava sundaes later on. We thought we brought home a pound of sliced
> lamb, Greek potatoes, a Greek salad, and pastries, but when we got home
> we saw our order was completely wrong. My husband is going back to get it
> straightened out.
>
> Tara

It always amazes me that Greeks and Middle Easterners manage to serve only
the gristle and cartilage from the lamb. What do they do with the actual
meat? My working theory is that they save it for themselves and laugh at
the rest of us.

Exceptions are so rare as to be almost nonexistent!