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meat threaded on a stick, civilization's first and most delicious technology.
means Pieces of meat (and sometimes vegetables) skewered and grilled, often served on a stick or wrapped in bread.
from From Arabic 'kabāb,' meaning roasted or grilled meat, which passed into English through Turkish 'kebap' — itself likely borrowed from the Arabic. The word travelled the same routes as the dish, carried across the Ottoman world and beyond; the now-familiar 'shish kebab' adds Turkish 'şiş,' meaning skewer, so the phrase literally means 'meat on a skewer.'
- ancient grill
- Soldiers cooked them on swords over open fires.
- doner birth
- Vertical rotisserie kebab was perfected in 1860s Ottoman Bursa.
- berlin claim
- The doner sandwich was likely invented in 1970s Berlin.
- word origin
- Kebab traces to a Persian word meaning to roast.
- global reach
- Shish, seekh, satay, souvlaki: every culture skewered something.
seekh kebab — indian ground meat on skewers, signature dish of lucknow dating back to mughal courts
souvlaki — greek grilled meat skewers, ancient dish mentioned by xenophon in 400 bce
shish kebab — ottoman cubed meat on skewers, popularized across middle east and mediterranean regions