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Sauces

Liquid foods that you can pour on something else, or dip other foods into. See also dips.

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A is for Applesauce

Applesauce is a soft food made by cooking apples until they are tender, then mashing or pureeing them. It may contain sugar, cinnamon, or other spices, but plain applesauce has only apples. Applesauce goes well with pork.

C is for Chili sauce

Chili sauce is a spicy condiment made from chili peppers, often mixed with vinegar, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, or salt. It might be blended to be smooth and pourable or just roughly mashed up to be thick and chunky. People use chili sauce as a dip, a topping, or a cooking ingredient.

C is for Chutney

Chutney is a very general term for any kind of sauce that is made from preserved vegetables. Chutneys are usually spiced too. Chutneys can be preserved by pickling them with acid, either vinegar, citrus juice, or pickled with brine. Chutneys can be very hot and spicy, or very sweet. They are often used in Indian and Asian food.
Cranberry sauce is a sweet but tart sauce made by cooking cranberries with sugar and water.

Cranberries are native to North America, and Indigenous peoples used them before European settlement. The modern sauce is commonly served with turkey at Thanksgiving and Christmas meals in the United States and Canada.

C is for Custard

Custard is a yellow sauce made from milk or cream, egg yolks and sometimes sugar and vanilla.
Custard can be made into a thin sauce that you pour over puddings, or made very thick so it will set as the filling for custard tarts.

G is for Gravy

Gravy is a thick sauce, usually brown that is typically served with meat. Gravy is usually served with roast meat, and contains juices from the meat itself. Today you can buy many pre-made gravies and gravy powders so you can have gravy with anything, without needing meat juices to make it.
Sometimes food is cooked in gravy or makes a gravy as it is cooking, like a stew.

K is for Ketchup

Tomato ketchup, catsup, or just tomato sauce, is a thick, red sauce made mostly from tomatoes, sugar and vinegar.
Ketchup is used on hotdogs, chips and on any other meal you think will taste nice with some ketchup on it.

M is for Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is a thick, tangy spread made from oil, egg yolk and vinegar or lemon juice with salt added for flavour.
Mayonnaise is often used as part of a salad dressing, or as a spread on sandwiches.
Mustard sauce is a yellow or brown condiment made from ground mustard seeds mixed with vinegar, water or oil. It may be smooth or slightly grainy, and its taste can range from mild to hot depending on the amount and type of mustard and other herbs and spices.

S is for Soy sauce

Soy sauce, also called soya sauce, is a sauce made from fermented soybeans, water and salt. Soy sauce has a distinctive savory flavor, and is an ingredient in many Asian dishes.