Foods that start with S
196 foods, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 24 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 29 Plankton
- 88 Too Clever
- 55 Schooler
- 15 Rare
- 6 Deep Cut
- 3 One in a Krillion
Rare but real
Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.
- Sauce Espagnole
- Brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira.
- Scotch pancake
- A scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle.
- Sparling
- Common smelt of Europe.
- Skilly
- A thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat).
- Sowbelly
- Salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass.
- Store cheese
- Informal names for American cheddar.
All 196 foods that start with S
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 196. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 2.2M | |
| A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 673K | |
| Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 368K | |
| Flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 368K | |
| Pie of hash covered with mashed potatoes and browned in the oven. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 368K | |
| Spaghetti served with a tomato sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 368K | |
| also Prawn | Any of various edible decapod crustaceans. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 301K |
| Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food. | Soups & stews | Plankton | 301K | |
| Shredded cabbage fermented in brine. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 246K | |
| also Pilchard | Small fatty fish usually canned. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 201K |
| Very thinly sliced raw fish. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 201K | |
| also Sour bread | Made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 201K |
| Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 165K | |
| Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Wiener schnitzel | Deep-fried breaded veal cutlets. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 165K |
| also Calamari, Calamary | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 165K |
| Cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar. | Sweets & desserts | Plankton | 165K | |
| Ground beef patty usually with a sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 135K | |
| Cut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 135K | |
| Ground beef (not a patty) cooked in a spicy sauce and served on a bun. | Sandwiches & snacks | Plankton | 135K | |
| also Escargot | Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic. | Meat & poultry | Plankton | 135K |
| also Egg roll | Minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 135K |
| also Hero sandwich, Hoagie, Hoagy | A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments). | Sandwiches & snacks | Plankton | 135K |
| Fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 135K | |
| Flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks. | Fish & seafood | Plankton | 135K | |
| Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods. | Sauces & condiments | Plankton | 110K | |
| Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle. | Breads & pastries | Plankton | 110K | |
| Eggs beaten and cooked to a soft firm consistency while stirring. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 110K | |
| Parboiled green peppers stuffed usually with rice and meat and baked briefly. | Dishes & other foods | Plankton | 110K | |
| Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Scollop, Escallop | Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 91K |
| Scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 91K | |
| A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 91K | |
| Pizza made with a thick crust. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 91K | |
| A cut of beef from the sirloin. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Soured cream | Artificially soured light cream. | Cheese & dairy | Too Clever | 91K |
| also Soy | Thin sauce made of fermented soy beans. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 91K |
| also Jimmies | Bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 91K |
| Meatballs simmered in stock. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 91K | |
| Hard-cooked egg encased in sausage meat then breaded and deep-fried. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 74K | |
| The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Salmon cured by smoking. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Souvlakia | Made of lamb. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 74K |
| Spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppers. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery. | Soups & stews | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland. | Cheese & dairy | Too Clever | 74K | |
| also Hardtack, Pilot biscuit, Pilot bread | Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Red salmon, Sockeye | Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Water ice | An ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Pasta sauce | Any of numerous sauces for spaghetti or other kinds of pasta. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Tartar steak, Cannibal mound | Ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers and anchovies. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 61K |
| also Striper | Caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 61K |
| A saltwater fish with lean flesh. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Open pie filled with a mixture of sweet crumbs and molasses. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Shortbread | Very rich thick butter cookie. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 50K |
| A cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 50K | |
| The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Flesh of smallmouth bass. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 50K | |
| Thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 50K | |
| also Ice-cream sundae | Ice cream served with a topping. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 50K |
| also Dressing | Savory dressings for salads. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Sherbet | A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 41K |
| also Soft-shelled crab | Freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 41K |
| Spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 41K | |
| Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables. | Soups & stews | Too Clever | 41K | |
| Pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 41K | |
| Any of various small sugary candies. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 41K | |
| Typically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capers. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 33K | |
| Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also Barbecued spareribs | Baked or roasted with a spicy sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Peppered steak, Pepper steak | Steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 33K |
| Ice cream flavored with fresh strawberries. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 33K | |
| Cheese formed in long strings twisted together. | Cheese & dairy | Too Clever | 33K | |
| also Sweetbreads | Edible glands of an animal. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 33K |
| Thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 33K | |
| A cracker sprinkled with salt before baking. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Sausage meat rolled and baked in pastry. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Bream | Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 27K |
| Muscle of large deep-water scallops. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 27K | |
| A pretzel made of soft bread. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Thin spaghetti. | Pasta, rice & grains | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Flesh of commercially important fishes especially of the Atlantic coastal waters of America. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Brook trout | A delicious freshwater food fish. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 27K |
| A light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 27K | |
| also Rib roast | A cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 27K |
| Pungent bottled sauce for steak. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 27K | |
| Steak braised in tomato and onion mixture. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 27K | |
| The lean flesh of a small flounder from the Pacific coast of North America. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 22K | |
| also Strawberry preserves | Made with strawberries. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 22K |
| also New York strip | Steak from upper part of the short loin. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 22K |
| Parboiled head of cabbage scooped out and filled with a hash of chopped e.g. beef or ham and baked. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 22K | |
| also Dolmas | Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Green corn | Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft. | Pasta, rice & grains | Too Clever | 22K |
| Fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 18K | |
| also Kabob, Kebab | Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 18K |
| The soup that a restaurant is featuring on a given day. | Soups & stews | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Pastry with a topping of streusel. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 15K | |
| also Langouste, Rock lobster, Crayfish | Warm-water lobsters without claws. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 15K |
| also Brisling | Small fatty European fish. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 15K |
| also Honey bun, Caramel bun, Schnecken | Rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 15K |
| Codfish preserved in salt. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Tomato and cheese pizza with sausage. | Dishes & other foods | Too Clever | 12K | |
| also Schrod | Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 12K |
| Cake flavored with spices. | Sweets & desserts | Too Clever | 12K | |
| also Batter bread | Soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy. | Breads & pastries | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Soft-shell clam, Long-neck clam | A clam that is usually steamed in the shell. | Fish & seafood | Too Clever | 12K |
| Tough meat that needs stewing to be edible. | Meat & poultry | Too Clever | 12K | |
| English blue cheese. | Cheese & dairy | Too Clever | 12K | |
| Pickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar. | Sauces & condiments | Too Clever | 12K | |
| also Zabaglione | Light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Scallopini | Sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Salmon trout | Flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Nantua | White sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 9.9K |
| A cut of beef from the upper end of the sirloin. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also Coleslaw | Basically shredded cabbage. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 9.9K |
| Unsweetened cracker leavened slightly with soda and cream of tartar. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| also White onion sauce | Veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 9.9K |
| A creamy salad dressing resembling mayonnaise. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 8.1K | |
| A ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| also Baked egg, Egg en cocotte | Egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Coffee roll | Any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Sillabub | Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 6.6K |
| also Porgy | Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 5.4K |
| also Coho salmon, Coho, Cohoe | Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 5.4K |
| A thin stew of meat and vegetables. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| also Red herring | A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 5.4K |
| Mackerel cured by smoking. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| Cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| Seafood in Newburg sauce served on toast or rice. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Bittersweet chocolate, Dark chocolate | Chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 4.4K |
| Cornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skillet. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| Steak with sauteed kidneys and onions cooked in wine and stock then covered with pastry and baked. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| Made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 4.4K | |
| also Cocktail sauce | Usually catsup with horseradish and lemon juice. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 3.6K |
| also Frozen custard | Dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 3.6K |
| Cookie flavored with spices. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| A cube of dehydrated stock. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 3.6K | |
| also Cold stuffed tomato | Tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 3.6K |
| White wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| A thick soup made from beef or mutton with vegetables and pearl barley. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Round piece of tart hard candy. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| Butter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence from shrimp shells. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 2.4K | |
| Fish loaf made with flaked salmon. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Seedcake | A sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1.9K |
| Roe of shad. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| A crisp bread of fine white flour. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| also Light cream, Coffee cream | Cream that has at least 18% butterfat. | Cheese & dairy | Schooler | 1.9K |
| also Finnan haddie, Finnan haddock, Finnan | Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1.9K |
| A sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1.9K | |
| Backbone and both loins of a lamb. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| A flat round slightly sweet teacake usually served hot. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Any meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausages. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| A sponge cake baked in a ring mold. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Lean end of the neck. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| also Cotton candy, Candyfloss | A candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1.6K |
| Similar to pumpkin pie but made with winter squash instead of pumpkin. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| A pudding cooked by steaming. | Sweets & desserts | Schooler | 1.6K | |
| Ragout of game in a rich sauce. | Soups & stews | Schooler | 1.3K | |
| also Green mayonnaise | Mayonnaise with tarragon or dill and chopped watercress and spinach or cucumber. | Sauces & condiments | Schooler | 1.3K |
| Shrimp in Newburg sauce usually served in a rice ring. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 1.3K | |
| Dressed half of a beef carcass. | Meat & poultry | Schooler | 1.3K | |
| Eel cured by smoking. | Fish & seafood | Schooler | 1K | |
| also Buttermilk biscuit | Very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda. | Breads & pastries | Schooler | 1K |
| also Kishke | (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet. | Dishes & other foods | Schooler | 1K |
| also Espagnole | Brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira. | Sauces & condiments | Rare | 880 |
| also Drop scone, Griddlecake | A scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle. | Breads & pastries | Rare | 880 |
| also European smelt | Common smelt of Europe. | Fish & seafood | Rare | 720 |
| A thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat). | Dishes & other foods | Rare | 590 | |
| Salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass. | Meat & poultry | Rare | 590 | |
| also Rat cheese | Informal names for American cheddar. | Cheese & dairy | Rare | 590 |
| also Swedish rye | A moist aromatic yeast-raised bread made with rye flour and molasses and orange rind. | Breads & pastries | Rare | 590 |
| Creamy scrambled eggs on toast spread with anchovy paste. | Dishes & other foods | Rare | 480 | |
| Yeast-raised roll with a soft crust. | Breads & pastries | Rare | 480 | |
| also Sugarloaf, Loaf sugar | A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar. | Dishes & other foods | Rare | 480 |
| Mayonnaise and heavy cream combined with chopped green pepper and green onion seasoned with chili sauce and Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice. | Sauces & condiments | Rare | 320 | |
| A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off. | Meat & poultry | Rare | 320 | |
| Fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland. | Fish & seafood | Rare | 260 | |
| A hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover. | Cheese & dairy | Rare | 170 | |
| Form of johnnycake. | Breads & pastries | Rare | 140 | |
| Butterscotch candy kiss. | Sweets & desserts | Deep Cut | 90 | |
| For preparing snails: butter seasoned with shallots and garlic and parsley. | Sauces & condiments | Deep Cut | 90 | |
| Dressed half of a hog carcass. | Meat & poultry | Deep Cut | 50 | |
| A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food. | Meat & poultry | Deep Cut | 30 | |
| Veloute or brown sauce with sauteed chopped onion and dry white wine and sour cream. | Sauces & condiments | Deep Cut | 20 | |
| Salt-cured Scandinavian salmon. | Fish & seafood | Deep Cut | 10 | |
| Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed). | Meat & poultry | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| A suet pudding containing currants. | Sweets & desserts | One in a Krillion | <10 | |
| Edible pancreas of an animal. | Meat & poultry | One in a Krillion | <10 |
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Questions about foods that start with S
How many foods start with S?
RareList lists 196 foods that start with S. 29 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 24 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common foods that start with S?
The most searched foods starting with S are Sushi, Steak, Salad, Salmon and Shepherd's pie.
What is a rare food that starts with S?
Scandinavian lox is one of the rarest. Salt-cured Scandinavian salmon. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Sauce Espagnole, Scotch pancake and Sparling.
How does RareList decide what counts as rare?
Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.