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In English, brochette is a borrowing of the French word for skewer. In cookery, en brochette means 'on a skewer', and describes the form of a dish or the method of cooking and serving pieces of food, especially grilled meat or seafood, on skewers; for example "lamb cubes en brochette". [2] Skewers are often used in a variety of kebab dishes.
A skewer is the opposite of a pin; the difference is that in a skewer, the more valuable piece is the one under direct attack and the less valuable piece is behind it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The opponent is compelled to move the more valuable piece to avoid its capture, thereby exposing the less valuable piece which can then be captured (see chess piece ...
Skewer may refer to: Skewer, a thin metal or wood stick used to hold small pieces of food together; Skewer (chess), a chess tactic; Quick release skewer, a mechanism for attaching a wheel to a bicycle; The Skewer, BBC radio comedy programme
In number theory, Skewes's number is the smallest natural number for which the prime-counting function exceeds the logarithmic integral function (). It is named for the South African mathematician Stanley Skewes who first computed an upper bound on its value.
After the more valuable piece moves away, the lesser piece can be captured. Like pins, only queens, rooks, and bishops can perform the skewer, and skewer attacks can be either absolute (the more valuable piece in front is the king, in check) or relative (the piece in front is a non-king piece). Example of an absolute skewer attack
The Skewer is a topical radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and as a podcast on BBC Sounds. Created and produced by Jon Holmes , the 15 or 30 minute episodes are a sound collage which combine topical soundbites with excerpts from popular culture, historical quotations and songs, often in unsettling or surreal ways.
The third usage is given by the American master and writer Bruce Pandolfini, who states that one usage of "X-Ray" is "a skewer defense along a rank, file, or diagonal" that "protects a friendly man through an enemy man in the middle along the same line of power". [18]
Lamb liver kebab on a skewer (a.k.a. ciğer şiş) Çökertme kebabı: Sirloin veal kebap stuffed with yogurt and potatoes Çöp şiş (small skewer kebab) A specialty of Selçuk and Germencik near Ephesus, pounded boneless meat with tomatoes and garlic marinated with black pepper, thyme and oil on wooden skewers [44] Doner kebab: İskender kebap