Object

• meat: For a quick snack, try the original kebab, a souvlaki of skewered meat in pitta bread.

Converse of object

• insert: To check whether the cake is done insert a skewer into the center.

• push: Tie the chicken into a neat parcel with string, or secure the filling by pushing a fine wooden skewer through the skin.

• serve: Serve the skewers hot with the coriander scattered over.

• put: When cooking baked potatoes in the oven put a skewer through them and they will cook quicker as the metal conducts the heat.

• use: Use the hot skewer to brand a lattice pattern into the icing sugar mixture on the surface of the pie.

• make: Slender rosemary branches can also be used to make skewers which flavor meat from the inside-out to stunning effect.

Preposition: into

• center: To check whether the cake is done insert a skewer into the center.

Adjective modifier

• wooden: Tie the chicken into a neat parcel with string, or secure the filling by pushing a fine wooden skewer through the skin.

• quick: Locking Wheel Skewers replace the quick release skewers fitted to many bike wheels to prevent the wheels being stolen.

• long: Allow the meat to marinate in the mixture for several hours, then thread onto long skewers.

• small: Use to stuff the body cavity of the goose, securing with thread or a small skewer.

Noun used with modifier

• kebab: Press one end of the kebab skewer into the skull, just above the join.

• bamboo: Thread 8 thin metal or bamboo skewers with the chicken.

• chicken: Meat eaters are catered for with a selection of dishes ranging from crispy aromatic duck to satay chicken skewers.

• metal: To check the cake is cooked, insert a metal skewer into the center, it should come away clean.

• meat: Meat skewers were an addition to the 18th century table.

• release: Locking Wheel Skewers replace the quick release skewers fitted to many bike wheels to prevent the wheels being stolen.

Preposition: of

• chicken: It is: Chicken Yakitori â 3 skewers of chicken in bbq sauce. £ 3.20.