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SavoryorSavoury may refer to:

Common usage

• Herbs of the genus Satureja, particularly:
  • Summer savory (Satureja hortensis), an annual herb, used to flavor food
  • Winter savory (Satureja montana), a perennial herb, also used to flavor food, but less common than summer savory
  • Savory of Crete (Satureja thymbra), an evergreen herb native to Eurasia, rarely used in seasoning food

Food

• In Western cuisine, food that is considered suitable for a main course or other non-dessert course is called savory as opposed to sweet
• Savoury (dish), a small savoury dish, traditionally served towards the end of a formal meal in English cuisine
• Savory (ice cream), a brand of ice cream from Nestlé
• Savoury pattie, a battered and deep fried disc of mashed potato, seasoned with sage
• Savoury pie, pies with savoury ingredients, as opposed to sweet pies
• Umami, also called savoriness, one of the basic tastes detected by the human tongue

People

• Allan Savory (born 1935), Zimbabwean environmentalist, inventor of the Savory brittleness scale
• Brett Alexander Savory (born 1973), Canadian writer
• Charles Savory (1889–1915), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Douglas Savory (1878–1969), Ulster Unionist Party Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
• Gerald Savory (1909–1996), English playwright and screenwriter
• Henry Savory (1914–2008), English cricketer
• James Henry Savory (1855–1903), English clergyman, a Double Blue, cricketer, and footballer
• Joseph Savory (1843–1931), Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London, and MP
• Reg Savory (1908–1989), New Zealand businessman and politician
• Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Savory (1894–1980), British Indian Army Officer
• Michael Savory (born 1943), Lord Mayor of London for 2004-05
• Nathaniel Savory (1794–1874), American colonist to the Bonin Islands
• Nirvana Savoury, musician
• Roger Savory, Iranologist and specialist on the Safavids
• Sir William Savory, 1st Baronet (1826–1895), a British surgeon
• William Savory (1916–2004), audio engineer

Other uses

• "Savory" (song), a 1994 single by the band Jawbox

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Savory
• All pages with titles containing Savory
• Savery, a surname
• Savor (disambiguation)
• Savory Creek, Western Australia

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