Is it obvious?

[ThisAdamGuy]

I try to use AI as little as possible outside of editing and proofreading, but the part I'm writing in Henry Rider 3 has Henry being served a meal of a lots of Greek foods. I'm not an expert on Greek cuisine, so I just asked ChatGPT to name as many different kinds as it could. So, yeah, what do you think? Is it too obvious?

With a clunk, a heavy platter covered in food was set in front of me, and I immediately forgot about…whatever it was I had been thinking about a few seconds ago. Slowly, my eyes ran from one end of the table to another, my mouth suddenly salivating like a waterfall. There was moussaka, pastitsio, souvlaki, gyros, stifado, lamb kleftiko, psari plaki, paidakia, youvetsi, tzatziki, hummus, melitzanosalata, taramosalata, dolmades, spanakopita, tyropita, saganaki, keftedes, gigantes plaki, kalamarakia tiganita, baklava, galaktoboureko, loukoumades, kataifi, rizogalo, and portokalopita. And yes, I know exactly what all of those things are. After all these years of using foods as cuss words, there aren’t many dishes out there I can’t name.

 

[AncestorDuck]

I would cut a few out. Seems a bit like spam at this point. Otherwise, it should be fine.

 

[DireBadger]

I would cut a few out. Seems a bit like spam at this point. Otherwise, it should be fine.

Agreed. There is a very thin line between a listing of popular Greek, Indian, or Swedish food and a distributed denial of service attack.... Or is that a war crime?

 

[DireBadger]

I do admit though, just reading through the list, my mouth waters. It's been so long since I've had good spanakopita or souvlaki.
But the dolmades thing is usually mentioned as Dolmas or dolmathes in this country, instead. No idea why.

Also, unless you are talking strictly Athenian, people, especially Gyro shop owners, tend to blend Greek, Turkish, and Albanian foods together, possibly including Bulgarian food as well, since the staple herbs, spices, and basic vegetables tend to be identical and there's a lot of cultural belnding.