sweet-and-sours

Noun

sweet-and-sour (countable and uncountable, plural sweet-and-sours)

1. Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours, especially
   • There is a strong German ethnic streak in rural western Maryland and it shows in the cooking with its sweet-and-sours.1986, Fortitudine, page 3
2. A Chinese-style dish with sweet-and-sour sauce.
   • First we had tossed green salad, prepared by Sister McDonald and our two new members, and then our Chinese food - chow mein, rice, egg foo young, sweet and sours, bread sticks, chinese tea with fortune cakes, prepared and served by our Brother Yardmasters for a "Chinese Food" dinner.1949, The Railroad Yardmaster
3. Candy with a sour taste, often dusted with fizzy sherbet.
   • No overwhelming sweetness, but a cool, refreshing after taste in your mints that lets delicate natural flavors come through. Same for tabletted sweet and sours, or gums1970, Candy and Baked Snack Industry
4. A sweetened sour pickle, or a combination of sweet and sour pickles.
   • Sweet and sours are in sellers' favor as spot stocks are light and the market in the country is rather bullish and advancing.1923, Western Canner and Packer

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