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Armenia

Shashlik

Шашлық

Shashlik is marinated meat grilled on skewers with onion and rendered fat, a shared Eurasian form rather than a single national dish.

Palestine

Shatta

شطة

Simple fermented hot sauce made from red or green chili peppers, salt, and sometimes garlic, a Gazan condiment served with every meal.

Mauritius

Shaved Ice

Glaçon râpé

Ice shaved by hand crank into a cup and drenched in coloured syrups — almond, vanilla, grenadine — sometimes over a spoon of condensed milk.

Taiwan

Shaved Ice

剉冰

Coarse shaved ice topped from a counter of stewed toppings — red bean, taro, tapioca, grass jelly, sweet potato — and finished with condensed milk or sugar syrup.

West Java, Indonesia

Shaved Ice Dessert

Es Doger

West Javanese shaved ice dessert with coconut, avocado, condensed milk, and various toppings.

Russia

Shaverma

Шаурма

Shaverma is a Russian adaptation of shawarma: rotisserie meat wrapped in lavash with vegetables and sauce.

Egypt

Shawarma

שווארמה

Turkey or lamb stacked on a vertical spit with fat between the layers, shaved off and served in laffa with tahini, salad and amba.

Yemen

Shawiyah

Whole chicken rubbed with hawaij and roasted on a rotisserie, sold with flatbread, sahawiq and a lemon wedge.

Russia

Shchi

Щи

Shchi is a Russian cabbage soup made with sour cabbage, meat, and mushrooms, often served with rye bread.

United States

She-crab soup

A Charleston soup of crabmeat and crab roe in a rich, sherry-cream base.

Ghana

Shea Butter

Nkuto

Nuts of the shea tree boiled, pounded and churned into a pale, nutty cooking fat used across the north.

Georgia

Shechamandi

Შეჩამანდი

Shechamandi is a thin Georgian soup of flour or cornmeal soured with matsoni or plum and served hot with bread; it is separate from Abkhazura meat patties.

Faroe Islands

Sheep Tallow Sausage

Sperðil

A very simple sausage made of sheep tallow and salt; stuffed in a casing of intestines; traditionally served with ræstur fiskur on Christmas Eve as part of the aftanfiskur tradition; an ancient and simple food habit; a traditional Faroese specialty.

Greenland

Sheep's Sorrel

Sheep's sorrel (Rumex acetosella); a wild herb gathered in Greenland; a traditional Greenlandic plant food; tart and lemony; one of the few plant foods in the traditional Greenlandic diet; a summer foraged green.

Afghanistan

Sheer Chai

شیرچای

Green tea whisked with bicarbonate of soda until it turns red, then cut with milk to a pink colour and salted.

Pakistan

Sheer Khurma

شیر خرما

Vermicelli simmered in milk with dates, pistachio, almond and cardamom, cooked in quantity for Eid morning.

Afghanistan

Sheer Pira

شیرپیره

Milk cooked down with sugar and cardamom and set with pistachio into a dense fudge cut into squares.

Afghanistan

Sheer Yakh

شیریخ

Milk ice churned by hand in a metal drum packed with ice and salt, flavoured with cardamom, rose water and pistachio.

Cyprus

Sheftalia

Σεφταλιά

Coarsely minced pork and lamb with onion and parsley wrapped in caul fat rather than a casing, then grilled over charcoal so the fat melts away.

Iraq

Sheikh Mahshi

شيخ محشي

Aubergines or courgettes hollowed, fried and filled with minced lamb and pine nuts, then baked in tomato or yoghurt sauce.

Azerbaijan

Shekerbura

Şəkərbura

Crescent pastry packed with ground almond or walnut and sugar, its surface crimped with tweezers into wheat-ear patterns.

Sheki, Azerbaijan

Sheki Halva

Şəki halvası

Layers of rice-flour vermicelli built up with ground hazelnut and saffron syrup, pressed in a copper tray and cut into diamonds.

Kazakhstan

Shelpek

Шелпек

A Kazakh thin fried flatbread, served with tea or main courses

Albania

Shendetlie

Shëndetlie

Honey and walnut cake, the name means for health, dense sponge with ground walnuts and honey soaked in honey-lemon syrup, prominent walnut flavor with dense but moist texture, a celebration cake.

Montenegro

Shepherd's Boletus Soup

Čobanska krem supa od vrganja

Cep mushrooms from the Durmitor and Bjelasica forests cooked down with cream into a thick soup, served with fried bread.

France

Shepherd's Pie

Hachis Parmentier

Hachis Parmentier layers seasoned minced beef beneath a browned mashed-potato crust.

England, United Kingdom

Shepherd's Pie

Minced lamb cooked down with onion, carrot and stock, topped with mashed potato and baked until the peaks brown.

Sofia Region, Bulgaria

Shepherd's Salad

Овчарска салата

The shopska built up into a meal: the same tomato-cucumber-pepper base plus ham, mushrooms, boiled egg and yellow kashkaval alongside the white cheese.

Slavonia, Croatia

Shepherd's Stew

Čobanac

Traditional Slavonian meat stew with multiple meats, onions, and paprika cooked in a cauldron over open fire, spicy and hearty.

Albania

Sheqerpare

Sheqerpare are Albanian shortbread-like pastries soaked in lemon-scented sugar syrup until tender, often finished with a nut.

Azerbaijan

Sherbet

Şərbət

Cold infusion of fruit, rose petals, basil seed or mint sweetened lightly and drunk with plov and at weddings.

Andalusia, Spain

Sherry Vinegar

Vinagre de Jerez

A gourmet vinegar made from sherry, aged in a solera system for 6 months to 10+ years, with a complex, nutty flavor, protected by DOP.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Shetland Lamb

Shetland Lamb is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

Japan

Shichimi Togarashi

七味唐辛子

Shichimi tōgarashi is a Japanese seven-spice blend combining chilli with citrus peel, sesame, sanshō, and other aromatic seeds.

Comoros

Shihondro

Caramelized peanut candy, a traditional sweet eaten in the Comoros; a simple confection showcasing local peanuts and the island love of sweet snacks.

India

Shikanji

शिकंजी

A North Indian spiced lemonade with lime, black salt, cumin, and mint. It is tangy and refreshing.