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Buffalox , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

warnings from some quarters that the dish will soon cost more than €10 a serving. Hanna Steinmüller, an MP for the Greens, raised the issue after she was approached by anxious members of a frisbee youth club

What the fuck am I reading here? That does not sound like very reliable sources. It sounds more like complete bullshit.

DarkThoughts ,

I don't know from where they got the frisbee club thingy but it's real and I don't see why you'd think it isn't.

Buffalox ,

?? So you are saying a kebab is ALREADY €10 Euro, or are you saying that you too fear that it will soon be?
Nobody denies rising cost of living in general, but that’s not what the article is about.

barsoap ,

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s already 10 Euros in some places. E.g. my town is notorious for not having cheap options, every single place has good meat, not only are none trying to get away with selling Hackfleischspieß as Döner, none of them use any ground meat at all (by law, a Döner skewer can’t contain stabilisers which severely limits the amount of ground meat you can include before it falls apart).

Eight Euros are pretty much standard here. Just under 10 if you want a Lahmacun Döner, and my town isn’t the poshest, by far – we just have good taste in Döner and one very old shop which always made their own skewers, own spice mix, own everything, which set the standard.

Try to get the same stuff in Westerland and I wouldn’t be surprise if it costs 15 Euros.

Buffalox ,

Really? Is that normal Kebab size in pita bread, or the bigger variant in rolls? Because that sounds crazy expensive even here, and I’m from Denmark, the 2nd most expensive country in Europe after Norway AFAIK.

barsoap ,

Pide and Dürum tend to be equal size and generally also cost the same. Lahmacun tend to be bigger than Dürum in the first place and then you have extra meat on there, no wonder it costs more you’re putting a Döner in something that’s already a proper Pizza.

And, as said: It’s actually good meat. If you want bad meat go to McDonalds.

Buffalox ,

OK it’s apparently been a while since I last bought Kebab or Shawarma which is more common here in Copenhagen, but AFAIK the same thing. I just checked the prices, and they are already €8-10 here!
20 years ago they were only €2 on Nørrebrogade which had super steep competition, and they were crazy good, I’ve only gotten good quality meat here too. Crazy that it’s so expensive now?!

Draedron , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

Ok I love Döner as much as every Berliner but it is not our national dish lmao

barsoap ,

Find a single other dish that is both commonly eaten and over-regional. Even if Currywurst was properly over-regional, it’s a snack, not an actual meal.

If you ask canteens the most popular dish is Rinderrouladen but I assure you a lot more Döner are eaten every day.

I propose we add Döner to Article 22 of the Basic Law. That’s where it belongs.

Gilles_D ,

Currywurst Pommes is a proper meal. In due time it will merge with the Döner to something awe inspiring, an unseen godly feast of epic taste, but at the moment we‘re stuck with Döner Box with Pommes

I foresee we will get to choose Currywurst sauce at the Döner place one day. They already started with curry-mango. We’re slowly getting there. It will be the dawn of a new day, a new hope for a new people that understood that Döner and Currywurst are just two sides of the same coin

barsoap ,

Anzeige is raus.

xmunk , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

Doner kebab for the people - this is why we fight! Whether you call it Doner, Gyro or Shawarma we stand united!

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Excuse me, I will not die for gyro or shawarma.

Opafi ,

Wir sind die Volksfront von Judäa!!!

krondo ,

If I understand you correctly you would be surprised and angry to hear we are the Judean Liberation front!!

Tujio ,

Judging by the sketchy-ass places I’ve gotten gyros from, I’m perfectly willing to die for a gyro.

afraid_of_zombies ,

Hey at least it’s mostly cooked. The very worst case of food poisoning I have ever gotten was from a green salad.

lagomorphlecture ,

Thanks for clarifying. I looked it up and was expecting shish kebobs of some kind but it looked like a gyro lol

gigachad , (edited ) to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

3,50€ for Döner in 2022 might be a Berlin thing, in other cities this price was more like 2012. A “major döner producer” is not a credible source for economical forecasting, hell it is probably one of the shittiest places to have Döner in general

Döner prices have gone up, as has everything else. Also there is no such thing as a right on having cheap meat.

chillhelm ,

As a Berliner, it doesn’t match my memory either. I don’t have historical data other than my own shitty memory, but I remember vaguely getting upset at Döner prices during the Pandemic being above 3,50€ (so in 2020).

AnneBonny ,

there is no such thing as a right on having cheap meat

These days, the things people believe they have a right to are insane. It frequently spills over into preventing other people from doing or having certain things.

themeatbridge ,

Also there is no such thing as a right on having cheap meat.

{Confused American Noises}?

state_electrician ,

I paid 3,50 in Hamburg in 2007. These days it’s 7,90 at the same place. Just based on inflation over that period it should cost under 5 Euro.

dubyakay ,

Covid-profiteering.

jordanlund , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament
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Same for burger prices in the US.

Back when I was in college and shortly after, I pretty much lived on $0.99 Whoppers from Burger King.

Looking at the app, the local price now is $10.23, which is €9.48 or £8.09.

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

Although that is a great drunk food metric for the Midwest. Southwestern border states track burrito inflation, northeastern states track the cost of a slice, and southeastern states drunk food currency is pegged to the Waffle House bill.

jordanlund ,
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The reason I went with burgers is because of the whole notion of the kabob being a national dish for Germany.

Burritos and pizza and wafflehouse are all popular, but nothing is as national as burgers.

PCurd ,

I ordered a Burger King last week and it was £11.46 for a double whopper meal, around $14.48 or €13.40. It’s not a cheap meal any more.

GiddyGap , (edited ) to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

I find this very exaggerated. In my experience, Germany has one of the most balanced cost-of-living situations of any developed country I’ve been to. Inflation is something all Western countries have been going through lately, but Germany remains relatively affordable compared to most of their peers.

DarkThoughts , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

if slightly greasy

What? Döner is really not that greasy.

raef ,

Have you seen the meat? It literally pours out grease. Fun fact: a main ingredient of döner meat is chicken skin.

ElmarsonTheThird ,

Depends on your local döner supplier’s supplier. I’m pretty sure my lamb döner doesn’t contain chicken skin, unlike the cheap “Drehspieß”.

For reference, there was a legislation set in place thatandates that a real “Döner” has to contain a certain amount of quality meat, otherwise it can not be sold under that name.

raef ,

I’m sure there is a range of quality.

Any döner sold for €3.50 contains largely skin.

ElmarsonTheThird ,

Then it legally couldn’t be called Döner and your Dönermann is lying to you.

raef ,

They weren’t making the meat cones themselves.

At a local place, they left an order catalog on the counter. It was a catalog for just döner shops. I was just flipping through while waiting for them to get to me. It had all ingredients and price points in it

barsoap ,

It’s actually not a percentage, you’re not allowed to used stabilising additives in the skewer which means that you can’t use a lot of ground meat or it’s going to fall apart.

But yes chicken skin is probably a good choice if you want structure for little money.

Opafi , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

Take my love, take my land,

take me where I cannot stand…

I don’t care as long as we

get kebab for treefiddy

killeronthecorner ,
@killeronthecorner@lemmy.world avatar

All rise for the German national anthem

MrGerrit ,
Semi-Hemi-Demigod , (edited )
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Take me out to doner shack

Tell 'em I ain't comin' back

Burn the meat and boil the tea

get kebab for treefiddy

Mr_Blott ,

I’m so sorry for your loss

But I’ll always call you boss

Price of overheads you see?

No kebab for treefiddy

maness300 , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament

This is what happens when the disparity in wealth grows instead of shrinks.

Ghostalmedia , to world in Fears over €10 kebabs go all the way to German parliament
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The California equivalent would be burrito inflation.

synae ,
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Similarly, isn’t there some kind of relationship between the slice pizza and the cost of a subway ride in NYC?

afraid_of_zombies ,

I have noticed both going up. I miss it when I could take the family to a diner once every two weeks and have family breakfast. Last time we did that the bill was 50 dollars. I can’t justify that kinda cost. By the looks of the restaurants in my area other people are deciding the same way.

Coldgoron , to worldnews in New counter-offensive coming in spring, says Kyiv spy chief

Good idea, Bad idea? To announce this?

andrew_bidlaw ,
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It’s not guaranteed to be truth, but saying that may affect foreign politics. We have a lot of elections this year (russian ones are about to form a list of candidates), the war itself slowed down so there’s a promise that would change, money and materiel support is supporting the country but it’s never too much and offensive action needs more. I do think it’s not for internal consumption.

gregorum ,

They are about to get €54B from the EU. That’s some nice scratch.

TonyTonyChopper ,
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Good way to increase military contract spending

MataVatnik , to world in We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief
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The west has been twiddling their fucking thumbs since the invasion started and the only reason they did things in the first place is because people had to twist their representatives arms. While Russia may not invade Norway, I think there is a huge probability of them trying to take a bite out of Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania.

Bayz0r ,

There is quite literally no chance of this. If it happens, I’ll buy you a year’s worth of beer.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

You don’t think he’s willing to test the non-existent resolve of the EU defensive pact if America doesn’t join the wars?

novibe ,

Why would Russia do that? What material, factual reasons do you have for them to do it?

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Lul

“Hitler has promised the chancellor that he will be content with the Sudentenland.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_irredentism

novibe ,

Wtf does that have to do with anything? You think Putin and the current Russian government, who are staunch anti-communist and have repeatedly disavowed the USSR are…? Like what is the MATERIAL analysis here? You are just talking about your vibes and ideology!

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Duuur what does Putin wanting to conquer former Russian Empire and Soviet holdings have to do with him wanting to conquer former Russian Empire and Soviet holdings duuuurrrr I’m surely making an honest argument!

If I say the Marxist buzzwords despite ignoring all their actual meanings people will agree with me!

novibe ,

Got it, so you have nothing. But that is obvious, or you wouldn’t think absurd things like this war was a war of conquest or anything like that.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

I don’t believe you’re actually too dumb to understand the very idea of exploiting captured territory for manpower, industry, and wealth. You know, the very goal of imperialism, which Marx has quite a lot to say about.

Bluetreefrog ,

Russia has repeatedly shown itself to have imperialist ambitions. Just ask Georgia and Ukraine.

Bayz0r ,

Nope. Ukraine was a lone wolf and Putin thought it’d be easy pickings (though I’m sure he realized pretty soon how much he fucked up), but no way he’s going up against nations that are part of actual defensive pacts.

MataVatnik ,
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Man, I wish I was still an alcoholic

samus12345 ,
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Less likely with a Democrat president, but if a Republican (especially Trump) gets back in power I can see them deciding not to support NATO.

matjoeman ,

That’s what everyone said about them invading Ukraine.

Bayz0r ,

Except that’s not true, and Russia had precedent already from 2014. Oh and also Ukraine is not in NATO or the EU. So not really that surprising that Russia tried something.

Urist , to world in We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief
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AFAIK Norway is the only nation bordering Russia that has never once in history been at war with it. This asstwat and other military men have been on Norwegian national media crying for more funds after the invasion of Ukraine. One has to see this in context of Norway having underfunded their military for some time and historically being subjugated by Denmark and Sweden. However, long story short, it is just fear mongering. Russia poses no credible threat to Norway with the backing of NATO.

FarceOfWill ,

You don’t think there’s a risk of NATO losing the us if trump wins?

NATO in the EU needs to be ready to step up

Urist ,
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I would still be much more worried about the Baltic states being invaded. Even so, there is a reason no major powers have been at war since the invention of nukes, and NATO would not in any way be a pushover without the US.

I do not disagree on allocating more funds to the military. I even argued that it objectively has been underfunded. That does not change that this man is an asstwat and others like him try to scare Norwegians for their own purposes. I think a scared populace is a dangerous thing, possibly allowing for dangerous ideas to be implemented in the name of security. Recently some hefty surveillance has been implemented in Norway, which I blame on people like him.

SuddenDownpour ,

Norway is part of NATO, and has strong incentives to make sure that its neighbours aren’t at risk of being invaded. They still have reason to want to make sure Russia wouldn’t be able to invade.

Urist ,
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and has strong incentives to make sure that its neighbours aren’t at risk of being invaded

What do you mean?

SuddenDownpour ,

Finland and Sweden getting invaded is terrible for Norway’s economy’s and plenty of individual lives, so Norway has a natural interest in making sure those countries are well defended, either through their own means or through diplomacy, regardless of their own individual risk of being attacked by Russia.

Urist , (edited )
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Yes, many in Norway have wanted to establish a nordic defense agreement, but this is now dead as Sweden and Finland are joining NATO. That being said, individually Finland and Sweden have much more military strength than Norway.

gcheliotis ,

I am sorry but as you can tell by the number of downvotes received logic, nuance, and difference of perspective are not allowed these days on some English language forums when it comes to Russia. You must qualify all your statements with “Russia bad” and just join in the warmongering /s

Urist ,
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I appreciate you saying this even though I sleep very well at night regardless of downvotes.

Fudoshin ,
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Russia would never invade Norway. It’s just snow and trolls.

DaCrazyJamez , to world in We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief

Russia wants NATO and other nations to feel that they could invade so the countries will start focusing on thier own defensive positions and stop giving aod to Ukraine. Expect to see a LOT of fake news and propaganda about this.

Hacksaw ,

Not to say they’re NOT doing this, but it would be very counterproductive. If you think Russia might attack you, the cheapest option is to arm Ukraine. You get to fight Russia and you only pay materiel costs not personnel. A lot more bang for the buck. Not to mention that by arming Ukraine you’re also coalition building with every other country that’s doing the same. Which means if Russia does attack you, you can be quite confident that you will also be armed if not directly supported due to the escalation.

Linkerbaan ,
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Yeahhh Ukrainian lives are cheap! Give em a gun and throw em into the meat grinder boys!

The only way I can see Ukraine being saved is by actually getting them into Nato.

Else you’re just throwing their lives aways to kill some Russian draftee.

SparrowRanjitScaur ,

They’re choosing to defend their own country and they’re asking for help. It’s not like anyone’s forcing them.

Clbull , to world in We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief

Norway has absolute Chadwicks in the form of Finland and. Sweden as buffers.

Finland has experience in kicking Soviet ass.

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