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skewer
Chess a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture
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Why, you King-Post, you, I suppose you would have every man in the world go about with a small lightning-rod running up the corner of his hat, like a militia officer's skewered feather, and trailing behind like his sash.
'If you were treated as you ought to be,' said Miss Wren, 'you'd be fed upon the skewers of cats' meat;--only the skewers, after the cats had had the meat.
skewers, either single, double, or even five pronged.
If I do not tan thy hide this day as ne'er I tanned a calf's hide in all my life before, split my staff into skewers for lamb's flesh and call me no more brave man!
We haven't been able to prove cannibalism against that tribe in the courts; but when a Sheshaheli offers you four pounds of woman's breast, tattoo marks and all, skewered up in a plantain leaf before breakfast, you--"
One by one the poor devils have to jump, and the game is to see whether they are merely dashed to pieces or whether they get skewered on the canes.
Working quickly to keep the dough from getting warm, thread the skewers, alternating sausage pieces (skewer them through the casings), tomatoes and dough squares (skewer them through opposite sides of each square, keeping them as flat as possible so they cook through).
Mix together until the chicken is coated, then thread each strip onto a bamboo skewer. Get the skewers lined up on a baking sheet and keep covered in the fridge until ready to cook.
Thread the aubergine onto skewers, about 4-5 chunks per skewer, and place on 2 parchment-lined trays.
Skewer alternatively the new potatoes and salmon onto the soaked skewers and drizzle with olive oil, season with sea salt and BBQ on both sides until golden.
Take six bamboo skewers and place 10 beads on each--five beads of one color on the bottom of each skewer and five beads of the other color on the top.
The Harvest Jumbo Chicken Skewer offers perfect portion control, convenience, versatility and real value for money and because Atlantic Foods use only the finest quality chicken you can rest assured that this mega skewer will never fail to impress!
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