Souvlaki is a Greek food consisting of small pieces of meat, and sometimes vegetables, grilled on a skewer and usually eaten straight off the skewer while still hot. It can be served with or inside a rolled pita, typically with lemon, sauces, vegetables such as sliced tomato and onion, and fried potatoes as a side; the meat usually used in Greece and Cyprus is pork.
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Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountEarliest documented description of the modern dish (Gustave Flaubert, 1850); skewer-grilling itself in Greece has much older Bronze Age antecedents, recorded separately under origin-region. Classification
Dietary SuitabilitySourced to the subject's own accountContains Meat or Poultry 2 Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountGreece; skewer-grilled meat traditions there trace to the Bronze Age, with the modern dish popularized nationally after World War II. 2 Sources
1. Souvlaki (Wikidata)
P31 (instance of): Snack or street foodQuote, P31 (instance of): Snack or street food
Snack or street food
2. Souvlaki (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHistory section, paragraph 1
In Greek culture, the practice of cooking food on spits or skewers dates to the Bronze Age.
History section, paragraph 3
Modern-day souvlaki was described by Gustave Flaubert, a French traveler, who observed Greeks grilling pieces of meat on a bamboo stick during his visit to the Boeotian countryside of southern Central Greece in 1850.
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Souvlaki is a Greek food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer.
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