1) Skewer beef through the thickest and longest part of the cut.2) For thicker fillets of fish skewer along the length of the fillet and in the thickest part.3) For thinner fillets of fish cut into smaller pieces and skewer each piece forming a ‘stack’ of pieces.4) To skewer giant prawns try to go through both the tail and head of each. This helps to keep them in place.5) Cut corn into sections makes it easier to skewer but you can also skewer a whole ear of corn.6) Choose your favorite vegetables, cut them into pieces and stack them on the skewer or skewer entire vegetables such as red peppers, squash, eggplant, etc.