S.O.S. (appetizer)

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| name = S.O.S.

| image = Smor ost sill sos.jpg

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| country = Sweden

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| course = Hors d'oeuvre

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| main_ingredient = Herring, butter, cheese

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S.O.S. is a traditional Swedish appetizer. It stands for "smör, ost och sill", which describes its main ingredients: butter, cheese and herring.{{cite news |author= Agneta Ullenius |date=December 18, 2010 |title=Enligt sillens lag |trans-title=According herring's law |url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/enligt-sillens-lag_5816761.svd |language=sv |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |access-date=September 29, 2016}} It is usually eaten with snaps Akvavit. The name parodies the morse code signal SOS, commonly used to indicate emergencies or distress.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}