List of condiments
List of Condiments
A condiment (/ˈkɒndɪmənt/) is a spice, sauce, or preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to impart a specific flavor, to enhance the flavor, or to complement the dish. The term originally described pickled or preserved foods, but its meaning has changed over time.
Etymology
The term condiment comes from the Latin condimentum, meaning "spice, seasoning, sauce" and from the Latin condere, meaning "preserve, pickle, season".
Related Terms
- Sauce: A liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods.
- Spice: A seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food.
- Preserve: A method of preparing food that allows it to be stored for later use.
List of Condiments
- Ketchup: A sweet and tangy sauce, typically made from tomatoes, vinegar, a sweetener, and assorted seasonings and spices.
- Mustard: A condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant.
- Mayonnaise: A thick, creamy dressing often used as a condiment, composed primarily of egg yolk, vinegar, and oil.
- Soy Sauce: A liquid condiment of Chinese origin, made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds.
- Vinegar: An acidic liquid produced through the fermentation of ethanol by acetic acid bacteria.
- Hot Sauce: Any variety of sauces made from ingredients such as chilies, vinegar, and other spices, and used to add heat to other dishes.
- Barbecue Sauce: A flavoring sauce used as a marinade, basting, condiment, or topping for meat cooked in the barbecue cooking style.
- Relish: A cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item typically used as a condiment.
- Pickle: A cucumber that has been pickled in brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time.
- Salsa: A variety of sauces used as condiments for tacos and other Mexican and Mexican-American foods, and as dips for tortilla chips.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on List of condiments
- Wikipedia's article - List of condiments
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