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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

savoury

English answer:

not sweet

Added to glossary by Mohamed Fouda
May 21, 2020 15:53
3 yrs ago
34 viewers *
English term

savoury

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
So your first challenge
is to make a savoury picnic pie.
When you cut into it
we'd like some kind of design inside.
Remember it is for a picnic,
so it should be presented out of the tin.
The reason why we chose
the savoury picnic pie in this challenge.

Is 'savourvy picnic pie' a type of specific pie? I mean, does savory here means yummy or delicious, or is it just a salty or spicy pie?

Reality-TV
Responses
4 +6 not sweet
5 +2 tasty and spicy
5 -2 attractive to the sense of taste or smell
3 -2 with a bit of salt/salty

Discussion

David Hollywood May 21, 2020:
I think that despite specific definitions of "savoury" the writer just means "tasty and not sweet"
David Hollywood May 21, 2020:
I'm ok with all the comments on this but the bottom line is to transmit the idea and feeling of the source text so I'll stick to my guns here

Responses

+6
41 mins
Selected

not sweet

I know David said this as a part of his answer, but his emphasis is wrong in my opinion. We're not trying to get viewers' mouths watering - this simply means that the pie is not sweet. Apples and cherries are sweet, potatoes and onions are savory.
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : Yes, precisely! This is clearly what the context requires. In general contexts, 'savoury' opposes 'sweet'.
2 mins
Thanks!
agree Becca Resnik : Agree with your and Tony's comments.
27 mins
agree Ana Maia de Goes : Agree
30 mins
agree Sheila Wilson
2 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher : exactly what I said previously https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-french/cooking-culinar...
3 hrs
agree AllegroTrans : sweet and savoury; clear opposites. Surely both can be "tasty"?
1 day 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all so much!"
-2
3 mins

attractive to the sense of taste or smell

Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : Not here! Clearly, there would be no logic to their asking for a pie that was UNattractive, which would be the logical opposition to this!
38 mins
neutral philgoddard : As opposed to "we're going to make an unsavory pie"?
40 mins
disagree Yvonne Gallagher : not an explanation of savoury
3 hrs
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+2
9 mins

tasty and spicy

that's what it means

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Note added at 12 mins (2020-05-21 16:06:26 GMT)
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Savoury food is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste.

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Note added at 14 mins (2020-05-21 16:08:24 GMT)
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this is for a tv show so they're always looking for something out of the ordinary

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Note added at 15 mins (2020-05-21 16:09:31 GMT)
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we need terms that get the viewers mouth to water

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-05-21 16:15:18 GMT)
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"savoury" literally means "spicy" or "salty" as opposed to "sweet" but I think you could also add "tasty" to get the viewers' taste buds going

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Note added at 27 mins (2020-05-21 16:21:03 GMT)
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anyway up to you as the asker

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Note added at 32 mins (2020-05-21 16:26:35 GMT)
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should read "viewer's mouth" or "viewers' mouths"

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Note added at 34 mins (2020-05-21 16:27:47 GMT)
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anyway that's not the issue here...
Peer comment(s):
agree Rocsana Guignaudeau : As in the Webster's English Dictionary
8 mins
thanks Rocsana
agree Lydia De Jorge
23 mins
thanks Lydia and stay safe
neutral philgoddard : I don't agree with your initial answer. It's nothing to do with how good it tastes, in my opinion.
28 mins
neutral Tony M : Like Phil, i don't think this is qualitative; nor do I especially thing it is 'spicy': it just means 'not sweet'
32 mins
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : only thing I agree with is "not sweet"
3 hrs
do you guys ever go to sleep lol ciao for now and zzzes
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-2
1 hr

with a bit of salt/salty

Peer comment(s):
disagree Yvonne Gallagher : no it isn't
2 hrs
disagree AllegroTrans : Another frankly ridiculous answer; try looking at the dictionary definition of savoury
1 day 6 hrs
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