Shrimp on Skewers

The word kebab has been accepted in the American lexicon as meaning “something on skewers.” Thus people speak of “lamb kebabs” or “beef kebabs” or whatever kebabs, and in origin this is incorrect. Kebab is the Turkish word for meat. Shish is the Turkish word for skewer and, thus, more properly one should speak of lamb shish, beef shish, or whatever.

Every bit as good as meats on skewers are fish and shellfish. The important point about skewered thi