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Salsa
Large pieces of vegetables (primarily tomatoes) or fruits with jalapeno peppers, onions, and seasoned with cilantro (fresh coriander) and lime juice. This sauce finds wide use with snacks, grilled meats and seafood. Salsa is a type of sauce that typically includes chopped tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers, along with other seasonings such as garlic, cilantro,…
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Salometer
A floating instrument used to test the strength or salinity of a salt or brine solution.
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Salmonella
Intestinal pathogenic bacteria that can exist at low temperature. The Salmonella bacterium that causes salmonellosis food poisoning has nothing to do with salmon; rather, it took its name in 1900 from the man who identified it, Dr. Daniel Elmer Salmon. Dr. Salmon’s own name also has nothing to do with salmon; it is simply a…
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Salad
A cold dish served with dressing. The term “salad,” which finds its roots in Latin as “sal,” meaning salt, holds significance across numerous European languages. Originally, a salad denoted something immersed or dressed in salt. While the most commonly encountered salad consists of uncooked leafy greens, the realm of possibilities expands infinitely, encompassing an array…
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Sake
Rice wine. Rice wine is a type of alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice. It is commonly used in Asian cuisine, both as an ingredient in sauces and marinades, and as a beverage. The Japanese word for rice wine is sake, which is often spelled as saki in English. Emerging from the rich traditions of…
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Saffron
Dried stigmas of the saffron flower (Croccus). Used to color and flavor foods. Used in dishes such as paella and bouillabaisse, saffron is a spice made from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus. Since the stigma is but a tiny part of the flower, about 4000 of them are needed to make one ounce…
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Safety button
(Also known as “Flip Panel.”) Circular portion of cap panel which changes from convex to concave when container has vacuum.
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Saccharin
A non-nutritive sweetener 300-plus times as sweet as sucrose (discovered in 1879). A white crystalline substance, used in place of sugar because, although it is nearly 500 times sweeter than sugar, it contains no carbohydrates. An artificial sweetening compound 300 times as sweet as sugar and extensively used by diabetics. An artificial sweetener used to…
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Run time
Time spent on doing an operation.
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Run chart
A graphic representation where one measured characteristic of a process is plotted over time.
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