The doner, known as Germany’s national dish, is being skewered by the rising prices of ingredients amid cost of living crisis, MPs are told

It has always been a delicious – if slightly greasy – treat for Germans, perhaps even their national dish.

But the mighty döner kebab has now become a symbol of the country’s cost of living crisis, amid warnings from some quarters that the dish will soon cost more than €10 a serving.

Peckish Germans are so concerned about rising prices that the issue was debated this week in the Bundestag, the German parliament.

Hanna Steinmüller, an MP for the Greens, raised the issue after she was approached by anxious members of a frisbee youth club in Gesundbrunnen, part of her Berlin constituency.

Among the frisbee players’ main concerns, she told MPs, was “increased kebab prices” which are estimated to have gone up from around €3.50 (£2.90) in 2022 to at least €6 (£5.10) in recent months.

In November, one major döner producer warned that it was becoming a “luxury” dish that could soon end up costing as much as €10 (£8.50).

  • @[email protected]
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    910 months ago

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

      • @Tujio
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        710 months ago

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

        • @afraid_of_zombies
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          310 months ago

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

        • @krondo
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          110 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

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