Category: S
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Surface active agent
Substances that affect the surface tension of a liquid. They include emulsifying agents, detergents, suspending agents and wetting agents. They may be called surfactants.
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Sundae
Composite sweet, usually made with ice cream and syrups. A dessert originating from the United States that features a base of ice cream that is crowned with a rich syrup, fresh fruit, whipped cream, chopped nuts, or various other potential toppings that can be combined in different ways to suit individual preferences. An indulgent creation…
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Sugar
Sweet carbohydrate obtained directly from the juices of plants or indirectly from the hydrolysis of starch. When Darius I, king of Persia, conquered parts of India around 510 B.C., one of the wonders he returned home with was described as “a reed that gives honey without the help of bees.” The reed that so astonished…
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Sucrose polyester
An artificial fat. A polymer of sucrose and fatty acids that can be used as a fat substitute.
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Sucrose (Sugar)
A 12-carbon disaccharide sugar found in sugar cane or sugar beets and made up of one molecule of fructose and glucose. A table sugar.
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Subjective
Pertaining to an individual experience which can be observed and reported only by the person involved. Representing the views or feelings of the person concerned and not impartial. A term used to describe “reality” as it is perceived by an individual. Pain is subjective in that only the person experiencing it can describe it. “Subjective”…
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Stroganoff
A beef dish sauteed with onions and prepared with a cream sauce, mushrooms, and gravy. A culinary dish that encompasses thin slices of meat, frequently beef, that have been cooked alongside tangy sour cream and a medley of flavorful seasonings. Within the realm of culinary mastery, we discover a culinary masterpiece known as Beef Stroganoff…
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Stock
Culinary preparation, fat or lean, used to make sauces and broth for thickening, flavoring and glazing. In grafting, the rooted plant (rootstock) onto which the scion is grafted. Any subsequent regrowth from the stock must be trimmed off as soon as it appears, otherwise it will rob food and water from the more desirable scion.…
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Stir
To mix ingredients with a circular motion, that is to blend ingredients or food.
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Stew
A slowly cooked dish containing meat and/or vegetables with seasoning and a sauce. The word stew derives from the same source as the word stove, as do the nonculinary words typhoid and stifle. The ultimate source of these words is the Greek tuphos, meaning smoke or steam. In Vulgar Latin, this Greek word was apparently…