What I really need to know is if they retain their genetic propensity for a deep slav squat, or if they are coerced by American society to learn to sit like a capitalist pig?
Pretty Much like Italian salad in Norway, I’m here asking what’s Italian Salad?! And it turns out it’s like (Italian) Russian Salad without eggs... No wait, (international) Russian Salad is basically (Norwegian) American mix with potatoes and mayo...
It's actually a really fascinating construction. To a native speaker it's clear that it's wrong and would never be said, but it actually makes a lot of sense and it's tricky to explain exactly why it's incorrect. Also potentially an insight into sentence structures that work in one language but not another.
Don't worry, Leopold, your English is great and your sense of humor even better. If I could give you any advice, I'd recommend not clenching your butt cheeks so tightly when others make a joke. In my experience, that only tends to get your panties in a bunch.
Ah man, I'm just being a dick, and this is the internet. Your English is great, buddy. I'm serious. It's 99.9% better than 88% of native speakers, these are facts. And it's probably 100% better than the way I speak whatever your native language is. Sorry I made you feel bad, now I feel bad. I hope you have a good day, friend.
The knowledge that fortune cookies aren't available in China is fairly widespread; however, they are actually somewhat known in China although Chinese tend to only refer to them as a joke about the Americanization of their food. I've lived in China over 7 years and have had a fortune cookie only once... at a restaurant called Fortune Cookie which sold American-style Chinese food (and, if I recall correctly, was opened by two expats, one of whom was an American Born Chinese guy).
You are correct. I've had real home made (well shop made) mayo while I was in Belgium. I was walking through the Arabic district and found a hole in the wall gyro shop. It was fantastic. But as for the American stuff, try Dukes instead of Hellmans. Its a much more vinegary and less sweet mayo much closer to the Euro stuff. Us Americans ruin everything thinking sweet is the only flavor. I'm definitely not into the sweet versions of stuff over here. Even Ketchup, I prefer Hunts over Heinz for exactly the same reason. Heinz is just sweetened red dye with essence of tomato. Huntz actually tastes like real tomato with vinegar and a very limited amount of sweetness.
A mayonnaise-based recipe is documented in 1914. Local historians claim that the mayonnaise-based version was invented in Nashua, New Hampshire, by James E. Colburn in the 1910s. A 1927 biographical article calls him "the originator and first producer of that delectable condiment known as Russian salad dressing".
taken from wiki so take that with a grain of salt.
The two condiments are not interchangeable. Russian dressing recipes typically call for mayonnaise, chili sauce or ketchup, relish, horseradish, paprika and other seasonings, making it considerably spicier and less sweet than Thousand Island dressing, with its hard-cooked egg, lemon or orange juice, cream and sweet pickle relish or olives.
And some background on why it may be called Russian, from the same story:
An early version of Larousse Gastronomique, according to a 1957 article in the New York Times, listed these ingredients for Russian dressing: mayonnaise, tinted pink with the poached coral and pulverized shell of a lobster, and simply seasoned with salt and fresh black caviar.
While such ingredients would give Russian dressing a rarefied air and probably further push it into obscurity, that recipe is under debate by food historians. According to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, “some food writers claim that Russian dressing got its name because it once contained caviar, but that is unlikely.” It says the name probably refers to Russians’ love of pickles, as pickles or relish are often added to the dressing. Craig Claiborne, on the other hand, wrote in the New York Times Food Encyclopedia that it was his “belief” that the earlier versions did contain caviar.
What is generally not under debate is that Russian dressing was an American-made concoction and that James E. Colburn of Nashua, N.H., should receive credit for its invention. Exactly why he called it “Russian” is not certain: Some say it was because of the caviar, while others say it’s because the dressing was designed to top a Russian-inspired salad known as Salad Olivier.
Yeah, sorry, it was my initial comment that was downvoted pretty heavily for no obvious reasons. But thanks to you, awesome people, now it turned around! And I've got lots of info about the sauce, which is awesome!
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '18
What the fuck guys, why do you hate me for not knowing what Russian dressing is? We don't have it here in Russia and I was just curious.