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Having impressed your date with a command of Middle Eastern appetizers, allow her admiration no rest. Launch into the entree. The basic meat in these restaurants is lamb, especially when broiled on a skewer with layers of onion, tomato, and green papers. Called Souvlakia at the Athens, Shashlik in Russian restaurants, and Shish-Kabab most everywhere else, the chunks of lamb are sauteed in olive oil and rigone. Before serving, onions are added for pungency. The meat is succulent with natural juice and the combined effect of onions and a pronounced tang of rigone...

Author: By R. S. Tottle, | Title: When Greek Meets Greek | 3/6/1953 | See Source »

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