Icelandic

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Terms in Icelandic 641-650 of 806

skvass

[Icelandic]

Courgette (US: zucchini) or marrow, depending on the size.

skvassa

[Icelandic]

Squash

skyr

[Icelandic]

A soft cheese made from the whey of cow's milk. This is found all over Iceland where it is commonly used as yoghurt is elsewhere.

slátur

[Icelandic]

Black pudding (US: blood sausage).

sletthverfa

[Icelandic]

Brill. A flatfish, lesser cousin of turbot, with the same fine, white, nutritious, firm flesh.

smákaka

[Icelandic]

Biscuit (US: cookies or crackers).

smjör

[Icelandic]

Butter

smjörbaun

[Icelandic] plural smjörbaunir

Butter beans. Lima Beans.

smjörjsalat

[Icelandic]

Lettuce. Butterhead lettuce.

smjörlíki

/MAHR-ghah-ree-nee/
[Icelandic]

Margarine. In the 1860's Napoleon Italian Italy sponsored a contest to create a butter substitute and the winner was Hippolyte Mège-Mouries, a French chemist. He made the original margarine from beef and pork fat.