Meaning of spit-roaster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An appliance for spit-roasting.
2. One who spit-roasts.

Examples

“Most modern spit-roasters have⟳ attachments for kebab skewers, and this is the best way of cooking these delicious foods.”

“The spit⟳ rods for some spit-roasters have⟳ holes drilled into them every 6 inches or so. […] Some spit-roasters have⟳ skewers that mount⟳ onto the spit⟳ from the pointed end⟳ of the rod only. If that’s the case with your spit-roaster, slide⟳ the rear skewer onto the rod before you push⟳ the rod through the lamb.”

“On the other side of the courtyard, big arches opened into the kitchens. There were two kitchens: One, with ovens and spit-roasters visible, was given over primarily to meat.”

“The nobles’ servants were allowed to choose⟳ their birds first, then the bourgeois, and at 10 or 11 o’clock, according to the season, a bell was rung and the spit-roasters could buy⟳ their supplies.”

“There was an air of festivity everywhere, and it was obvious that nothing else in their lives could give⟳ the ordinary citizens of Glevum so much delight as […] eating and drinking the appetizing wares of the stall holders—pie-makers, bakers, spit-roasters and brewers—who appeared to be selling food everywhere and were being paid in the small Roman-minted copper coins called ases, […]”

“Some spit-roasters like⟳ to leave⟳ the legs dangling, but the spit⟳ needs to be quite high off the heat to do this successfully.”

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