Condiment

A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the flavour,^[1] to complement the dish or to impart a specific flavor. Such specific flavors generally add sweetness or pungency, or sharp or piquant flavors.^[2] Condiments include those added to cooking to impart flavor, such as barbecue sauce and soy sauce, those added before serving such as mayonnaise in a sandwich, and those added tableside to taste, such as ketchup with fast food. Condiments can also provide other healthy benefit to diets that lack micronutrients.^[3]

^ "Definition of Condiment". Merriam-Webster. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ The Culinary Institute of America (2011). The Professional Chef (9th ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-470-42 135-2.
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[1] "Definition of Condiment". Merriam-Webster. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[:0-2] The Culinary Institute of America (2011). The Professional Chef (9th ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-470-42 135-2.

[:1-3] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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