63. Salad Olivier originally contained caviar and grouse. Of which cuisine is this salad a typical dish?
From Quiz Best Served Cold
Answer:
Russian cuisine
The caviar should have pointed you to the correct answer. This Russian salad was invented by a Belgian chef (Lucien Olivier) working in the Hermitage restaurant in St-Petersburg in 1890. The original recipe was kept a secret and may have varied according to the seasons, but some of the original ingredients were grouse, caviar and crayfish, lettuce, capers, all mixed into a dressing similar to mayonnaise.
The modern recipe is less expensive: diced potatoes, diced carrots, dill pickles, peas, diced hard-boiled eggs and cubes of meat (sausage, chicken or beef), all served with mayonnaise. Similar dishes are also served in other countries, and outside of Russia most people call this dish "Russian salad". (In Croatia this dish can also be ordered as "French salad", while in Turkey it is sometimes called "American salad".)
The best known Norwegian, Japanese or Peruvian dishes served cold don't contain any caviar. In Norway the gravlax is raw salmon marinated in a dressing seasoned with salt, sugar and dill. Japanese sushi is a dish with rice seasoned with vinegar, commonly accompanied by raw fish (salmon, tuna and eel are very popular) and wrapped in seaweed. Dressings for the sushi (for instance soy sauce, wasabi, pickled ginger) are served separately. In Peru white fish is marinated in lemon and lime juice, with chili peppers, onion and coriander to obtain ceviche.