When you think of it, the original one-dish meal was some sort of seared meat on a stick (or spear, harpoon, lance, sharpened stick; it’s a long and ancient list). Although, I’m pretty sure the list didn’t include shrimp. That came later, maybe with the discovery, first, of these little buggers, then the eureka that they are perhaps the aptest candidate for the skewer at the grill. Why?