Huddle Endorses: The Donair
SAINT JOHN – Feeling the pangs of election withdrawal? (We’ll assume that’s the election you’re feeling.) Fear not – we’ve got you covered. Slathered, even.
In a fine example of democracy, the people of Halifax are asking not what their street food can do for them, but what they can do for their street food.
Tonight at Halifax Regional Council, Halifax West Armdale Councillor Linda Mosher will formally request a staff report to consider making donairs “the Official Food of Halifax Regional Municipality.”
A STAFF REPORT. ABOUT DONAIRS.
Let’s hope they laminate it.
We think making donairs the Official Food of the HRM is a brilliant idea and one that’s long overdue.
It may have originated elsewhere, but the donair achieved perfection at Halifax’s “Pizza Corner.” From the delicately spiced and grilled slices of beef (?) in its smart tinfoil-pita suit, to the confetti of tomatoes and onions that shower your clothes with garden greetings, to the sweet lashings of donair sauce – that drunk’s béchamel! – on your tongue, fingers, hair and jeans.
Donairs are the great democratic leveller – we all look equally bad trying to eat one.
For these reasons and many more, Huddle, in our first, and perhaps only endorsement, is hereby officially endorsing the donair for the Official Food of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
And now in solidarity with the hard-working HRM city staffers charged with investigating the donair’s civic nutritional profile and cultural value, here’s Huddle staffer Lise Hansen eating a donair from Saint John spit artists Jaco’s.
Halifax, are you ready for change? Are you ready to take your relationship with donairs to the next level?