# What kind of meat is that?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-meat-is-that/847252 "2020-01-30T22:54:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-meat-is-that/847252/21 "2020-02-03T15:56:30Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> They sound like [Capybaras.](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tucson.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/4a/14a45af6-c16a-11e6-b257-2fb52ee0a6a8/58504b73d1137.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C648)

Or [nutria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coypu) (coypu).

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**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-meat-is-that/847252/22 "2020-02-03T16:07:51Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> That info (Greek restaurant in Germany) does make it more likely that it could be pork. I wouldn’t be able to tell with any certainty from the photo, though.

Agreed. And if all I knew was that it was gyro meat served at a Greek restaurant in Germany, my first guess would have been pork. But if he said it tasted like beef, why doubt him?

I once was served pork gravy with chicken. After I got over the “huh, what on earth is this?” response (since I’d been expected chicken gravy, of course) it was pretty obvious it was pork gravy. Pork and beef taste pretty different, too.

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