Savory

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Savory or Savoury may refer to:

Common usage

  • Herbs of the genus Satureja, particularly:
    • Summer savory (Satureja hortensis), an annual herb, used to flavor food
    • Winter savory (Satureja montana), a perennial herb, also used to flavor food, but less common than summer savory
    • Savory of Crete
      (Satureja thymbra), an evergreen herb native to Eurasia, rarely used in seasoning food

Food

  • In Western cuisine, food that is considered suitable for a main course or other non-dessert course is called savory as opposed to sweet
  • Savoury (dish), a small savoury dish, traditionally served towards the end of a formal meal in some European cuisine
  • Savory (ice cream)
    , a brand of ice cream from Nestlé
  • Savoury pattie, a battered and deep fried disc of mashed potato, seasoned with sage
  • Savoury pie
    , pies with savoury ingredients, as opposed to sweet pies
  • Umami, also called savoriness, one of the basic tastes detected by the human tongue

People

  • Allan Savory (born 1935), Zimbabwean environmentalist, inventor of the Savory brittleness scale
  • Brett Alexander Savory (born 1973), Canadian writer
  • Charles Savory (1889–1915), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • Douglas Savory (1878–1969), Ulster Unionist Party Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
  • Gerald Savory (1909–1996), English playwright and screenwriter
  • Henry Savory (1914–2008), English cricketer
  • James Henry Savory (1855–1903), English clergyman, a Double Blue, cricketer, and footballer
  • Joseph Savory (1843–1931), Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London, and MP
  • Reg Savory (1908–1989), New Zealand businessman and politician
  • Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Savory (1894–1980), British Indian Army Officer
  • Michael Savory (born 1943), Lord Mayor of London for 2004-05
  • Nathaniel Savory (1794–1874), American colonist to the Bonin Islands
  • Nirvana Savoury
    , musician
  • Roger Savory, Iranologist and specialist on the Safavids
  • Sir William Savory, 1st Baronet
    (1826–1895), a British surgeon
  • William Savory (1916–2004), audio engineer

Other uses

See also