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Jul 5, 2011 | 6:56 am

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Originally Posted by LapLap

Would the ground mince meat mixture you make fall off of wooden/bamboo skewers/lollipop sticks in the same way?

Perhaps you could 'roughen up' your skewers by caramelising some sugar onto them first and then press the meat around them?

Here are some photos of tsukune yakitori (with chicken rather than turkey)
http://www.google.com/search?q=%23+%...w=1024&bih=858
Not much metal to be found there

Thanks.

I've tried using bamboo skewers and these are fine for very thin sort of Chinese stype stuff and in particular satay size meat pieces, and very fine thin kofta mixes, but it would slice through the wheight of an Adana or Beyti kebab. Also you're suppose to soak the bamboo skewers in water before using in order to delay them scorching and catching alight (something I've never been successful at .....) and I suspect that adding sugar is going to make the burning issue worst.

Thanks anyway.

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