Thursday, August 20, 2009

Swe-Eng Food Dictionary


I thought of writing down the Swedish names of various ingredients as I discover them, but I figured it's a better idea to put them on this blog. Easier to keep track of and edit ;) Feel free to comment and share!

Anka - Duck (ankan, ankor)
Apelsin - Orange

Bageri - Bakery, baker's shop (bageri(e)t, bagerier)
Bakelse - Pastry, cake (bakelsen, bakelser)
Biff - Steak; also seems to refer to a large meat patty
Bitterapelsin - Bitter orange, Seville orange
Bittermandel - Bitter almond
Björnbär - Blackberry
Bladpersilja - Flat-leaf parsley
Bockhornsklöver - Fenugreek
Bröd - Bread
Bär - Berry (bäret, bär, bären)
Böna - Bean (bönan, bönor)

Cayennepeppar - Cayenne pepper
Chilipulver- Chili powder
Curryblad - Curry leaves

Dadel - Date, the fruit (dadeln, dadlar)
Dinkel - Spelt
Dragon - Tarragon (dragonen)
Druva - Grape (druvan, druvor)
Dryck - Drink
Durra - Sorghum

Emmervete - Emmer wheat, farro
Enbär - Juniper berry. Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and best known for the primary flavoring in gin. Juniper berry sauce is often a popular flavoring choice for quail, pheasant, veal, rabbit, venison and other meat dishes.

Fast - Firm (of potatoes)
Filmjölk - Swedish fermented milk product similar to cultured buttermilk or kefir; soured milk
Fläsk - Pork
Frukt - Fruit
Fräsch - Fresh
Fänkål - Fennel
Fårkött - Mutton

Glass - Ice cream
Grädde - (Dairy) Cream (grädden)
Gräddfil - Sour cream
Gräslök - Chives
Grönsak - Vegetable (literally, green thing) (-saken, -saker)
Gurkmeja - Tumeric

Havre - Oats
Havregryn - Rolled oats, oat groats
Hirs - Millet
Honung - Honey
Humle - Hops
Hummer - Lobster

Ingefära - Ginger
Inlagd - Pickled

Jordnöt - Peanut, groundnut
Jordgubbe - Strawberry (-gubben, -gubbar)
Julmust - A soft drink (made of carbonated water, sugar, hop extract, malt extract, spices, caramel colouring, citric acid, and preservatives) that is consumed mainly in Sweden and Norway around Christmas. The hops and malt extracts give the must a somewhat beer-like taste, but much sweeter and, since it is not fermented, it contains no alcohol. In Sweden, julmust outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Kaka - Cake, biscuit, cookie (kakan, kakor)
Kanel - Cinnamon
Kardemumma - Cardamom
Kastanj - Chestnut
Kikärta - Chickpea (ärt el. ärta; ärten, ärter (el. ärtan ärtor))
Knäckebröd - Crispbread, or a flat and dry type of bread or cracker, containing mostly rye flour.
Konditori - Café, patisserie (konditori(e)t, konditorier)
Kossa - Cow (kossan, kossor)
Ko - Children's word for cow
Korn - Barley
Kornmjöl - Barley flour
Kornmalt - Barley malt
Krydda - Spice (kryddan, kryddor)
Kummin - Cumin
Kyckling - Chicken
Kök - Kitchen (köket, köken)
Körsbär - Cherry (körsbäret, körsbär, körsbären)
Körvel - Chervil is a delicate annual herb related to parsley. Sometimes called garden chervil, it is used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes.
Kött - Meat(köttet)

Lagerblad - Bay leaves/laurel
Lakris - Licorice
Lamm - Lamb
Lax - Salmon
Limpa - Loaf (of bread)
Lukt - Smell
Lök - Onion

Makrill - Mackerel (makrillen, makrillar)
Mandel - Almond
Mannagryn - Semolina, cream of wheat
Mat - Food (maten)
Matsked - Tablespoon
Melass - Molasses
Mjöl - Flour
Mjölig(t) - Floury, mealy (of potatoes)
Mjölk - Milk
Morot - Carrot (moroten, morötter)
Munk - Doughnut (munken, munkar)
Muskot/muskotnöt - Nutmeg
Must - A freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. In Sweden, must is very popular, especially during Christmas. See Julmust. (musten, muster)

Nejlika/or - Clove
Nudlar - Noodles
Nötkött - Beef

Ost - Cheese
Oxkött /Oxfilé - Beef, steak
Ört - Herb (örten, örter)

Paprika - Capsicum, pepper, paprika
Paranöt - Brazil nut
Paron - Pear
Pepparrot - Horseradish
Persilja - Parsley (persiljan)
Physalis - Cape gooseberry
Pomerans - Bitter orange, Seville orange
Potatis - Potato

Ris - Rice
Rosmarin - Rosemary
Rotfrukt - Root vegetable
Råg - Rye (rågen)
Rågvete - Triticale
Räk - Shrimp
Rödbeta - Beetroot (-betan, -betor)
Röd vinbär - Red currant
Rökt - Smoked (meats)

Saft - Cordial, squash (drink)
Sagogryn - Sago, pearl sago
Semla - A wheat bun with the top cut off, filled with almond paste (alt. vanilla cream) and lots of whipped cream, then the top is replaced and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Traditionally eaten on Fat/Shrove Tuesday, before Lent.
Senaps - Mustard
Senapsfrö - Mustard seeds (Gult - Yellow, Brunt - Brown)
Sill - Herring (sillen, sillar)
Smak - Flavour, taste (smaken, smaker)
Socker - Sugar
Soppa - Soup, broth
Speltvete - Spelt
Spis - Stove (spisen, spisar)
Svartpeppar - Black pepper
Svart vinbär - Blackcurrant
Sås - Sauce

Tesked - Teaspoon
Timjan - Thyme
Torsk - Cod (torsken, torskar)

Ugn - Oven (ugnen, ugnar)

Vargbär - Wolfberry, also known as goji. Often used in Chinese cooking.
Vete - Wheat
Vinbär - Currant
Vindruva - Grape (-druvan, -druvor)
Vispgrädde - Whipped cream
Vitlök - Garlic
Vitpeppar - White pepper

Äpple - Apple (äpplet, äpplen, äpplena)

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