Glossary S

Deutsch: Schwein / Español: Cerdo / Português: Suíno / Français: Porc / Italiano: Suino

Swine in the food context refers to domesticated pigs that are raised for their meat, which is commonly known as pork. Swine is a term that includes both Wild and domesticated pigs but in the context of food, it typically refers to farm-raised pigs used for producing a wide variety of pork products. These products are central to cuisines around the world and range from fresh cuts like pork chops to processed items such as bacon, ham, sausages, and charcuterie.

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Deutsch: Mangold / Español: Acelga / Português: Acelga / Français: Bette à carde / Italiano: Bietola da costa

Swiss chard is a leafy green Vegetable belonging to the beet family (Beta vulgaris), known for its vibrant, colourful stems and dark green leaves. It is highly nutritious and versatile, commonly used in salads, soups, sautés, and as a side dish. Despite its name, Swiss chard is not specifically Swiss; the name refers to its scientific classification by a Swiss botanist.

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Syllabub refers to an English dessert that comprised mainly of whipped cream sweetened with sugar and flavored with sherry, brandy, or cointreau. Lemon zest, fruit preserves or puree

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Sylter Sturmsack refers to a big cream puff (Windbeutel ) cut in half and then filled with a lot of whipped cream and sweetened/preserved cherries. Sylter Sturmsack is one of the special cakes from Sylt, a famous island north of Germany. Perhaps named as such since the whipped cream inside the cream puff looks like an eye of the storm. Cafe Wein, one of the well-known cafes in Sylt has this specialy on their menu.

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Sylter Welle translated literally as Sylter Waves or waves of Sylt refers actually to a spicy/spiced red wine punch, a Sylt island hot drink specialty.

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Syltete Rodbeter refers to a Norwegian salad of pickled beets, frequently garnished with hard -cooked eggs.

Syr (???) refers to "cheese" in Russian

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Syrniki refers to Russian cheese pancakes or can also be called "Tvorog Burgers" since they are made of Tvorog and fried. Syrniki is often eaten with honey, sweet dressings (marmalade) or jam. Syrniki is made by combining or mixing together Tvorog, semolina flour, sugar and eggs to make a dough, shape the dough into small balls, roll in flour and then fried until golden brown. Tvorog is Russian famous cottage cheese (or quark), usually served with honey or berry jam and made into Syrniki. Syrniki is also spelled Sirniki.

Deutsch: Sirup
In cooking, a syrup or sirup is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. The viscosity arises from the multiple hydrogen bonds between the dissolved sugar, which has many hydroxyl (OH) groups, and the water. Syrups can be made by dissolving sugar in water or by reducing naturally sweet juices such as cane juice, sorghum juice, or maple sap.

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Szárnyasok is the Hungarian word for "poultry", as in chicken, hen, pheasant, etc.