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The Halal Snack Pack The Halal Snack Pack (HSP) is a cornerstone of Australian fast food, appearing at basically any local kebab shop. Invented in the 80s by middle eastern kebab shop owners, the HSP is the holy combination of hot thick cut chips, cheese, kebab meat (usually lamb, but chicken or beef is okay too), and a trio of sauces.  Wikipedia posted:The halal snack pack originated in Australia as a culinary fusion of Middle-Eastern and European cuisines. According to some, snack packs date back at least to the 1980s. They have since become a quintessential Australian dish. However, variations or similar dishes exist in other countries; examples include "doner meat and chips" in the United Kingdom, "kapsalon" ("barbershop") in the Netherlands and Belgium, "kebabtallrik" ("kebab plate") in Sweden "gyro fries" in the United States, and "kebab ranskalaisilla" ('kebab with French fries') in Finland. In Adelaide, South Australia, the dish is known as an "AB".  Where do I find one of these? If you're in  you can just turn up at any place that does kebabs, or middle eastern food. Overseas you can probably ask your local kebab shop to whip one up and you might end up starting a local trendDo I have to have cheese on my HSP? Some people don't mind having a HSP without cheese on it, but really, it's just not the same (sorry lactose intolerant friends.) Order it with cheese! What meat should I choose? I used to be a big chicken HSP fan, but nowadays I can't walk past lamb. If you've never had lamb, get lamb on your HSP. It's incredible. Otherwise just go with whatever feels good. What sauces should I choose? The traditional HSP has the holy trinity (garlic aioli, bbq sauce, sweet chili sauce.) Most shop owners will judge you behind your back if you don't get the holy trinity sauces but if you're not into chili or garlic for whatever reason, you can swap them out or avoid them. Just don't get a HSP with dingo sauce. What is dingo sauce? Tomato sauce (ketchup). If you put tomato sauce (or other things like salad) on your HSP, you're a haram dingo (probably some fuckwit white Australian). Don't be a dingo. Is ordering tomato sauce on a HSP really that bad?   Please discuss HSPs in this thread 
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Feb 4, 2020 10:04
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I already made a half assed kebab shop thread but I’m down with a more specific hsp discussion thread bc I don’t want foreigners getting confused and angry in my thread. It’s a real gross dumb thing and I hate em bc you wind up covered in garlic sauce trying to eat it with those dinky kebab shop forks but they’re a thing and people love em and I have eaten a greater than zero amount of them on the piss so I don’t want anyone to think I’m being judgemental it’s just not for me
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Feb 4, 2020 10:28
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If you are getting anything but lamb on a hsp you are wasting your time and if you post about getting anything but lamb itt you’re wasting all our time as well. Don’t do it please.
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Feb 4, 2020 10:30
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What is wrong with people? There is only lamb, anything else is not a HSP. Chicken HSP must be a Sydney thing.
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Feb 4, 2020 11:07
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i read somewhere the other day that they don't eat lamb in the states
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Feb 4, 2020 11:32
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I already made a half assed kebab shop thread but I’m down with a more specific hsp discussion thread bc I don’t want foreigners getting confused and angry in my thread. It’s a real gross dumb thing and I hate em bc you wind up covered in garlic sauce trying to eat it with those dinky kebab shop forks but they’re a thing and people love em and I have eaten a greater than zero amount of them on the piss so I don’t want anyone to think I’m being judgemental it’s just not for me the poo poo thing about kebabs when compared to the humble hsp is that its hit/miss whether they accidentally wrap the paper/foil into the kebab
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Feb 4, 2020 11:33
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I got one when I was in Melbourne and it took like 3 attempts to order it because I was drunk af and he couldn't understand my accent
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Feb 4, 2020 12:00
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There used to be a kebab shop near where I was working at the time that used chopped up charcoaled lamb shish instead of the standard doner for their kebabs and hsps. That were the good poo poo.
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Feb 4, 2020 12:41
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the 'kapsalon' has cheese on it because the dutch are mentally deranged
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Feb 4, 2020 13:22
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but yes, love me a nice kebabtallerken with red and white
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Feb 4, 2020 13:23
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cheese is good
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Feb 4, 2020 20:50
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gouda cheese on kebab meat is criminal
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Feb 4, 2020 20:58
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oh yeah gently caress that
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Feb 4, 2020 21:10
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This is popping up in the US too. Good as gently caress. Thanks for inventing it Aussies!
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Feb 4, 2020 21:20
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if you get anything other than the Holy Trinity on a HSP, by allah, you shall be beheaded
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Feb 4, 2020 21:53
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Jose posted:I got one when I was in Melbourne and it took like 3 attempts to order it because I was drunk af and he couldn't understand my accent if you order a HSP and you're not drunk as gently caress you made a mistake e: lmaoing at imagining drunk jose slurring blimey gov', i want one of them hsps!
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Feb 4, 2020 21:53
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Clawtopsy posted:e: lmaoing at imagining drunk jose slurring blimey gov', i want one of them hsps! oh no his accent is much trickier than that
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Feb 4, 2020 21:59
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sweet chilli sauce? you dumb oval office its hot chilli
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Feb 4, 2020 22:24
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If I’m getting hot chilli I’m replacing garlic sauce with yoghurt to give my poor tummy a break
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Feb 5, 2020 00:00
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Clawtopsy posted:if you order a HSP and you're not drunk as gently caress you made a mistake i'm from newcastle my accent is closer to scottish anyway at uni i lived opposite this place https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/mekka-hut-three-men-arrested-9353011 and you used to be able to get a large chicken tikka kebab for £3.50 which reading that article was clearly so cheap because it was made using illegal immigrant labour. was a huge amount of freshly cooked chicken breast in a naan bread with salad and sauce and it owned a lot
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Feb 5, 2020 00:01
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bell jar posted:i read somewhere the other day that they don't eat lamb in the states if you're eating anywhere that has anything resembling a halal snack pack in the US (which will usually be called a "gyro plate") they'll have lamb sometimes it'll be a mix of beef and lamb, but it'll typically be lamb e: and yes I am aware that a HSP is a different thing, a gyro plate is somewhat less comically unhealthy, but it's the closest approximation I can figure here
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Feb 5, 2020 04:34
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bell jar posted:i read somewhere the other day that they don't eat lamb in the states in the detroit area we have a huge middle eastern population and i cant throw a rock without hitting a diner that offers some sort of lamb.
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Feb 5, 2020 04:36
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bell jar posted:In Adelaide, South Australia, the dish is known as an "AB". Supposedly that's an abbreviation of "afterbirth", due the resemblance  
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Feb 5, 2020 04:57
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ah gently caress i forgot to get a hsp tonight. i will get one tomorrow
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Feb 5, 2020 10:35
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 It's HSP for dinner for me tonight. Tasty as gently caress
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Feb 6, 2020 08:06
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Opened thread and have decided to buy a hsp
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Feb 6, 2020 08:18
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What's it called when they put it on half rice half fries? That's how it usually is here.
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Feb 6, 2020 08:23
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I could sure go for a HSP right about now.
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Feb 6, 2020 08:26
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I had one at Aftershock Festival last year. Was fuckin baller. But it was a festival so it was $40 for 2 people. That's US dollars. There's no better food when drunk and stoned. You aussies have your poo poo together. Except when it comes to the fire service.
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Feb 6, 2020 08:31
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Resting Lich Face posted:I had one at Aftershock Festival last year. Was fuckin baller. But it was a festival so it was $40 for 2 people. That's US dollars. MAY I DIRECT YOU TO MY THREAD ABOUT FIRES. OUR SERVERIES VERY MUCH HAVE THEIR poo poo TOGETHER, THE ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNMENT DO NOT.
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Feb 6, 2020 08:34
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Gridlocked posted:MAY I DIRECT YOU TO MY THREAD ABOUT FIRES. OUR SERVERIES VERY MUCH HAVE THEIR poo poo TOGETHER, THE ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNMENT DO NOT. Nah I meant the lack of pay and compensation for missed work. I'm from a firefighter family from California. Nothing but respect for the people on the line; they're literally my family. I'd have been a firefighter too if I didn't break my neck as a kid. Just can't carry the weight I need to be able to. Resting Lich Face fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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Feb 6, 2020 08:45
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Hi op, my favourite Halal Snack Pack toppings are salad and ketchup sauce
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Feb 6, 2020 08:53
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A Sometimes Food posted:There used to be a kebab shop near where I was working at the time that used chopped up charcoaled lamb shish instead of the standard doner for their kebabs and hsps. My kebab shop does this as well so I get the beef and chicken instead on the Halal Snack Pack but put the lamb in the kebab it's good They also use thin cut chips
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Feb 6, 2020 08:54
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i got a 'small' (it wasn't small) HSP for $10, i picked lamb and chicken with bbq sauce and cheese but apparently i should skip the chicken next time and just get lamb let more foreigners in, they have the best food and i want it you can't even close that wtf, that's like a large stacked on top of a small where the red fern gropes fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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Feb 6, 2020 09:12
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where the red fern gropes posted:let more foreigners in, they have the best food and i want it 
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Feb 6, 2020 09:14
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there's four kebab shops over the road from my apartment, i just crack the door open and after a while my whole place fills with HSP smell 
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Feb 6, 2020 11:17
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I get falafel on em. its good as hell.
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Feb 6, 2020 11:21
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i just discovered I can get one of these mythical delights in the middle of nowhere so guess I have a reason to leave the house tomorrow
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I have never had a HSP that didn't make me feel like I was going to die afterwards. Then again, I have also never had a HSP whilst I was drunk so maybe I have been doing it wrong? 
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