Glossary S
Silsi refers to Eritrea's tomato, onion and pepper sauce ; a peppery fried tomato and onion sauce; a homemade tomato sauce. Eritrea's local specialities are often spicy. For a morning pick-me-up, they usually will have silsi, a peppery fried tomato and onion sauce usually served for breakfast, or legamat (deep-fried dough).
Eritrea is situated in eastern Africa north of Ethiopia and against the Red Sea.
Silver Tequila refers to thestandard quality of Tequila, silver sees little or no oak aging.
Silverside is a culinary term in Great Britain that refers to a cut of beef that is taken from the crown of the rump.
Sima is the Finnish for Mead and refers to sweet honey-based alcoholic beverage. Its sweetness is balanced by a distinctive sour aftertaste of the lemon rind. It also contains various herbs and spices such as cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and sometimes fruit, for example strawberry or blackcurrant. In the winter it is usually drunk hot together with typical Scandinavian gingerbread.