Glossary S

Deutsch: Abschöpfen / Español: Desnatado / Português: Desnatamento / Français: Écrémage / Italiano: Scrematura

Skimming in the food context is the process of removing fat, impurities, or foam from the surface of a liquid, such as broth, soup, or milk. This technique is commonly used in cooking and food preparation to improve the quality, appearance, and taste of the final product.

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Skirettes refer to one of the good dishes from Wales which is a sort of mashed-potato pancake with a difference and this difference is obtained by adding grated walnuts, prawns, hard -boiled eggs, onion, cheddar cheese, and spices to the mashed potato. The mixture is then coated with bread crumbs and baked or deep-fried.

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Skirt steak refers to a fairly tough cut of beef from the belly.

Skordalia refers to a Greek sauce which is made with pureed baked potatoes, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, parsley and vinegar. Skordalia is a good sauce for grilled meats and fish.

Skottelbraai refers to a cooking utensil which was originally just a round piece of plough used to cook foods on an open fire. Nowadays, Skottelbraai refers to wok-shaped metal pan, usually heated by a gas bottle.

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Skunk Egg is the Cowboy term for an onion.

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Skyr refers to a skimmed milk curd, often served whipped with milk and eaten with lashings of cream. Skyr is an Icelandic specialty dairy product

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Slap Bread refers to a hand-shaped bread, slapped thin, such as Tortillas, flat bread and fry bread.

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Slap Chips is the South African term for "French fries" which is usually soft, oily and vinegar-drenched, bought in a brown paper bag. Slap is the Afrikaans for "limp", which is how French fries are generally made in the country. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language that descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia by about 10 million people.

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Slasticarnica is the Croatian word for "pastry shop".