Savory
Savory or Savoury may refer to:
Common usage
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- William Scovell Savory (1826–1895), British surgeon
- William Savory (1916–2004), audio engineer
Other uses
[edit]- "Savory" (song), a 1994 single by the band Jawbox
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Savory
- All pages with titles containing Savory
- Savery, a surname
- Savor (disambiguation)
- Savory Creek, Western Australia