You Lika Da Sauce, Eh?
There's a lame SNL skit from years ago featuring Rob "Deuce Bigelow" Schneider as a cook at a Greek Restaraunt. A customer, let's say Chris Farley because he was the fattest, asks for extra sauce. Rob responds, "You lika da sauce? Yeah, you lika da sauce. It's good, the sauce, yes?" That's it. That's the entire joke, a watered down version of a previous bad skit featuring a "Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger" screeching John Belushi.
Oh knock it off, if it wasn't John Belushi you wouldn't think that skit was funny at all. Anyway, what was the magical sauce everyone is so enamored with? Tzatziki!
What the skit lacks in humor it makes up in truth. Almost everyone I know asks for extra Tzatziki with their gyro (pronounced gy-ro). And why not? It's a great sauce. But, rather than being hamstrung by The Man, learn how to make it on your own.
There are a few conventions on how to make this, and they generally revolve around extracting as much liquid out of the mixture as possible. Yet, I like mine a little runny.
The ingredients are bare and simple: 2 cups yogurt, one medium cucumber, two cloves garlic, teaspoon of olive oil, and a teaspoon of lemon juice. If you want to make it traditional use three cups of whole fat yogurt and drain it.
I don't drain my yogurt, but we'll assume you did. With the drained yogurt in a bowl, skin, cut and remove the center goop from the cucumber. Chop the cucumber and put it in a collander to drain. When everything is sufficiently drained, finely chop the garlic and add it to the yogurt. Add the cucumber, oil and lemon juice. Salt and pepper to taste, but keep it very light on the salt. If you're feeling creative, chop a few fresh sprigs of dill into the mix.
Mix it all up and Huzzah! you hava da sauce.
Oh knock it off, if it wasn't John Belushi you wouldn't think that skit was funny at all. Anyway, what was the magical sauce everyone is so enamored with? Tzatziki!
What the skit lacks in humor it makes up in truth. Almost everyone I know asks for extra Tzatziki with their gyro (pronounced gy-ro). And why not? It's a great sauce. But, rather than being hamstrung by The Man, learn how to make it on your own.
There are a few conventions on how to make this, and they generally revolve around extracting as much liquid out of the mixture as possible. Yet, I like mine a little runny.
The ingredients are bare and simple: 2 cups yogurt, one medium cucumber, two cloves garlic, teaspoon of olive oil, and a teaspoon of lemon juice. If you want to make it traditional use three cups of whole fat yogurt and drain it.
I don't drain my yogurt, but we'll assume you did. With the drained yogurt in a bowl, skin, cut and remove the center goop from the cucumber. Chop the cucumber and put it in a collander to drain. When everything is sufficiently drained, finely chop the garlic and add it to the yogurt. Add the cucumber, oil and lemon juice. Salt and pepper to taste, but keep it very light on the salt. If you're feeling creative, chop a few fresh sprigs of dill into the mix.
Mix it all up and Huzzah! you hava da sauce.
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