Daily Archives: June 4, 2010

Russian salad in tomato cups

We ate this salad on a regular basis in Beirut and it was called salade russe (russian salad); it was served in a carved tomato, and consisted of a medley of  diced vegetables (peas, carrots, potatoes and beets), smothered in mayo. Why was it called russian salad? did it truly come from the Russian cuisine? [...]
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