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  • n  made of lamb

  • If you want to eat like a Greek, however, you can't beat the skewered cubes of souvlaki that can be found just about everywhere.
  • Jerry: Don't you like their souvlaki? Elaine: I just thought you'd say something with more--romance.
  • At the same hour, folks come in from Brooklyn or Queens to play the worker-bee roles of secretaries, cab drivers, souvlaki vendors and cops.
Quotes

  • Leo Rautins in Globe and Mail
    They're playing in Greece and everybody knows there will be a lot of souvlaki thrown at you,Rautins said laughing. "When you're playing that game, it's a little different than playing anywhere else. Every game is tough."
  • Kostas Kenteris in Durango Herald
    They want to hear Kostas say something like "Well,the souvlaki was bad up there at the Olympic Village, so we drove like maniacsto our favorite taverna instead of attending our scheduled dopingappointment."
  • Peter Costello in Sydney Morning Herald
    The federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, yesterday added his voice to the debate, saying multiculturalism was good if it meant "eating souvlaki and dancing the Zorba" but not if it meant non-assimilation.

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