Food Tree No. 03
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Fire, salt, iron — the world's oldest supper
Wherever there's charcoal there's someone grilling something on a skewer. Same technique, a hundred versions — the marinade, the accompaniment and the story change with the postcode.
Meat on a Stick
As old as fire
East Asia
Sweet-savoury glazes
Yakitori
Japan
Chicken, every part; tare glaze
Satay
Indonesia · Malaysia
Peanut sauce; turmeric marinade
Africa
Piri-piri to peanut
Suya
Nigeria
Yaji spice: peanut + ginger + chilli
Brochettes
Morocco
Charcoal + cumin + parsley
The Americas
Indigenous roots, Iberian polish
Anticuchos
Peru
Beef heart; aji panca marinade
Espetada
Portugal · Madeira
Bay leaf skewers over embers