Inventor of the donner kebab dies

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

The man who invented the doner kebab has died

 

 

Mahmut Aygun, was suffering from cancer and died in Berlin at the age of 87.

 

Known as the "kebab king" he was born in Turkey and moved to Germany at the age of 16 to open a snack stall. He invented the doner kebab nearly 40 years ago.

 

Kebab meat, consisting of roast lamb and spices, had traditionally been served with rice but in a moment of inspiration Mr Aygun saw that the future lay in putting the meat inside a pitta bread.

 

That allowed customers who had been drinking to wander off into the night with their food and eat it as they stumbled home.

 

Mr Aygun once said: "I thought how much easier it would be if they could take their food with them."

 

The first of the new snacks was served on March 2, 1971, at Hasir, his restaurant in Berlin.

 

It was called a doner kebab after the Turkish word "dondurmek" which means a rotating roast.

 

Mr Aygun went on to invent the yoghurt sauce often served with a doner kebab.

 

The subsequent popularisiation of the doner kebab in the UK led to many traditional fish and chip shops going bust.

 

In Berlin his death was greeted with sadness and one headline read: "Thanks, Mahmut!"

 

Drinkers around the world salute you Mr Aygun.

[manc-mag 1]

Chilli sauce thrown on the coffin?

[snakehips 0]

The man who invented the doner kebab has died

 

 

Mahmut Aygun, was suffering from cancer and died in Berlin at the age of 87.

 

Known as the "kebab king" he was born in Turkey and moved to Germany at the age of 16 to open a snack stall. He invented the doner kebab nearly 40 years ago.

 

Kebab meat, consisting of roast lamb and spices, had traditionally been served with rice but in a moment of inspiration Mr Aygun saw that the future lay in putting the meat inside a pitta bread.

 

That allowed customers who had been drinking to wander off into the night with their food and eat it as they stumbled home.

 

Mr Aygun once said: "I thought how much easier it would be if they could take their food with them."

 

The first of the new snacks was served on March 2, 1971, at Hasir, his restaurant in Berlin.

 

It was called a doner kebab after the Turkish word "dondurmek" which means a rotating roast.

 

Mr Aygun went on to invent the yoghurt sauce often served with a doner kebab.

 

The subsequent popularisiation of the doner kebab in the UK led to many traditional fish and chip shops going bust.

 

In Berlin his death was greeted with sadness and one headline read: "Thanks, Mahmut!"

 

Drinkers around the world salute you Mr Aygun.

 

And dry cleaners!!

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4430]

After a night out I went to a kebab shop on the haymarket and asked for a donner. When asked what I wanted on it I said "A pie". So he put a pie on my kebab and some chilli sauce. I was very hungry think I had been smoking that night.

[Fop 1]

After a night out I went to a kebab shop on the haymarket and asked for a donner. When asked what I wanted on it I said "A pie". So he put a pie on my kebab and some chilli sauce. I was very hungry think I had been smoking that night.

 

Fortunately it's healthy with all that salad.

[Park Life 71]

After a night out I went to a kebab shop on the haymarket and asked for a donner. When asked what I wanted on it I said "A pie". So he put a pie on my kebab and some chilli sauce. I was very hungry think I had been smoking that night.

 

Fortunately it's healthy with all that salad.