Shashlik

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Shashlik cooking over an open fire, one of the most popular cooking methods.

Shashlik or Shishlyk (Hebrew: Shishlyk שישליק), (Persian: Šišlik شیشلیک )(Bulgarian: Шишче), (Russian: Шашлык, from Crimean Tatar Şışlıq[1][2] Is a Turkic way of grilling meat, popular in India, Israel and Russia. This form of skewered dish is popular throughout Israel, the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Mongolia.

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The largest shashlik in the world was 120 meters long; Called the shashlik of Friendship, it was cooked in April 2009 in Cherkessk, Russia . It took approximately 400 kg of meat to cook this shashlik.[3][4]

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