The Turks call it after the degree of darkness. The Greeks have a name that is interchangeable with one the Americans use, and the southern states of Australia prefer to call it after a stick which it isn't actually on. What is it, and how did part of an elephant get combined with a beverage associating with it?

blakey

I believe you may be talking about lager. The Elephant comes from Kenyan Tusker Lager(Good stuff) which pictures an Elephant on the label. Oct 14 06, 9:03 PM

peasypod

No, a good try though. Concentrate on the stick, or lack thereof. Oct 14 06, 9:59 PM

peasypod

Ok, a clue before I hit the sack... Anyone who is familiar with the Seinfeld episode 'The Cigar Store Indian', will enjoy the flavour of this one. Oct 16 06, 8:10 AM

lanfranco

The only Seinfeld episodes I ever saw were "The Soup Nazi" and "The Puffy Shirt," so that clue doesn't help me much. However, the stick thing made me think of kebabs, and it seems that some South Australians refer to the gyro sandwich by this name. I know that meat for kebabs and gyros is roasted in a manner that suggests an "elephant leg," but the darkness part and the beverage are eluding me. I really had intended to leave this question to someone else, so perhaps another player can chime in on the gyros. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyros Oct 16 06, 10:16 AM

peasypod

Well done Frankie, I'll give you the Golden Banana for that one. Gyros, Souvlaki and Doner Kebabs are all basically the same thing where I am, but moreso called the Souvlaki. According to the Turks, the Doner should be prepared with dark meat, lamb and beef, rather than the Greek traditions of using pork, chicken and even fish. Fanta was the beverage, as it was widely associated with a drink connected with the purchase of a Doner Kebab in England. The hunk of meat being the elephant's leg became contracted into the the word 'Fanta' from the German 'elefant'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta Oct 16 06, 5:37 PM

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