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sweet-and-sour
[ sweet-n-souuhr, -sou-er ]
adjective
- cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
sweet-and-sour
adjective
- (of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients
Word History and Origins
Origin of sweet-and-sour1
Example Sentences
Some lean into sweet-on-sweet, others gravitate toward sweet-and-sour or spicy-and-sweet combinations.
While Lindhome solo retains her trademark singsong, sweet-and-sour delivery, the themes within her work have deepened to reflect a more complicated stage of life.
I still remember my graduation banquet at culinary school, where I paired a pistachio-crusted rack of lamb with blackberry gastrique — essentially a French sweet-and-sour sauce made from fruit and vinegar.
Daiso is where I’m getting the sweet-and-sour Hi-Chews that I’m sneaking into the movies.
The fried chicken skins I got were a bit tough, but served with a nicely nuanced sweet-and-sour sauce.
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