Kebab vs. Kabob

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-01-08 02:45pm

[Monty Burns]
(looks at a cardboard box with the word "KEBAB" written on it)

Kebab.

(then looks at a similar box emblazoned with "KABOB")

Kabob.

(looks at the two boxes repeatedly, looking confused)

Kebab. Kabob. Kebab. Kabob.

[/Monty Burns]

In the Danish language, a particular type of meat used in Middle Eastern cooking IIRC is known as kebab.

However, when browsing English websites I often hear of something called kabob which I assume is the same as kebab.

Is it merely a matter of alternate spellings, or is there actually a difference between kabob and kebab?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-01-08 02:51pm

IIRC it is has to do with trying to spell it like it sounds in a different alphabet and screwing up .... much like Usama vs. Osama

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-01-08 03:07pm

Ketchup/Catsup

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-08 03:08pm

Nah, Kebab is somewhat like meatloaf, lot's of spices, very very good, I used to work with an afghani woman who brought kebab in for me once. Kabob is stuff on a stick. I like kabob better!

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-08 04:02pm

Dont know if it helps, but in the UK, a kebab in the drunken inedible thing sense is a sort of indian thing I think, various suspect meats with spices on a large spike, they shave some of it off, put it in a pitta bread and serve with salad and chilli or garlic sauce...

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-01-08 04:09pm

The_Lumberjack wrote:Dont know if it helps, but in the UK, a kebab in the drunken inedible thing sense is a sort of indian thing I think, various suspect meats with spices on a large spike, they shave some of it off, put it in a pitta bread and serve with salad and chilli or garlic sauce...

i think what he's trying to say with that sentence is that you only eat kebabs when too wasted to taste the rat meat.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-08 04:13pm

Nonsense, I have been known to eat them sober, ok, there's nothing quite like having a kebab coated in chillis after a night out, but I am a major fan of kebabs regardless of my state of inebriation. That said, there was a guy down south who put seabirds in his, and there were quite a lot of rats at Lancaster University... and the kebabs there are the best I've had... hmmmm.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-01-08 06:26pm

Kebob?

~ver

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-08 07:37pm

it's much like the difference between pota-toe and pot-ato. merely superficial. at least i think.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-08 07:47pm

http://www.turkishbread.co.nz/receipes_kebab.html

Kebab.

Kabob.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-08 07:51pm

You're making me hungry.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-01-08 08:36pm

It's K-Bob, you reprobate fools!

My understanding is that Shish-Kebab is the dish served on skewers, and a Turkish name.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-01-09 11:41am

Montcalm wrote:Ketchup/Catsup

What exactly is catsup? I never heard that word before that particular Simpsons episode where Monty Burns couldn't decide on ketchup or catsup.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-09 11:54am

My understanding is that Shish-Kebab is the dish served on skewers, and a Turkish name.

There is also shik kebabs which is a different type of kebab.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-01-09 04:48pm

Peregrin Toker wrote:
Montcalm wrote:Ketchup/Catsup
What exactly is catsup? I never heard that word before that particular Simpsons episode where Monty Burns couldn't decide on ketchup or catsup.

Same condiment, different spelling. I have no idea why.