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Skewers can injure the stomach and intestines, bones from meat are choking hazards, and corn on the cob can be lethal.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2021

Skewers of pork, pork belly, chicken and mutton beef are the specialty.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2019

Skewers of duck meatballs à l’orange with tare, a soy-based yakitori sauce, is just one of a dozen yakitori-style options that anchor the menu.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2019

This season’s new food offerings include a Street Skewers stand by Section 113.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2018

Skewers, which are long wooden or metal pins that may be pushed through meat to fasten it together, will be found useful to the housewife in preparing many cuts of meat for cooking.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences