Re: OT: Junk

Joe scripsit:

> It depends what you mean by skewered.  The kebabs you get in Fish and Chip
> shops are slices of lamb and/or chicken served in pita bread, usually with
> salad.  They are cooked on a spit, but I'm not sure that counts as skewered.
That is indeed what I meant by skewered: impaled upon a wooden or metal
rod and then cooked over open flame.  When I get one at a cart here
in Manhattan, you can get it served off the skewer (which is in fact a
single disposable wooden chopstick!) in the pita, or on the skewer with
a slice of Italian bread instead.

> You describe only one type of Kebab(a Shish kebab).  According to my
> dictionary, the word 'kebab' comes from Hindi 'kabaab', which in turn is
> derived from Turkish 'kebap', meaning 'roast meat'
Via Arabic, yes.  Shish kebab comes direct from Turkish: the "shish"
element means "skewer", but even plain kabobs (Hindi < Arabic < Turkish)
are most often cooked, if not necessarily served, on the spit/skewer.

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