Post #198,398
3/13/05 9:08:39 PM
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What's the difference between Russian and Thousand Island?
I've always seen them used interchangably. Which probably means you rarely find Russian, and everyone just uses Thousand Island. How different are they?
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Post #198,400
3/13/05 9:35:33 PM
3/14/05 12:06:30 AM
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Depends (corrected)
Some consider Thousand Island to be a derviative of Russian as it is commonly formulated ("a mixture of mayonnaise and ketsup"). Older recipes do not use mayonnaise and may or may not use tomato paste, so they are not as similar to Thousand Island.
I don't generally have mayonnaise so the recipe I used doesn't call for it, nor for tomato paste, but only oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, garlic, onion Dijon mustard, chili sauce, salt and pepper. It's quite good and it's reasonably thick made in my little mini-prep food processor - it's been hours and it shows no signs of separating.
So basically, it's hard to compare. Thousand Island's origin and formula are well identified, but what Russian dressing is is quite another matter. Some even say it was called "Russian" because it originally included caviar.
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Post #198,468
3/14/05 10:11:54 AM
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Doesnt Thousand Island have more chunks?
What are those? Pickles or something?
It's like, "How much more black could this be?", and the answer is none. None more black.
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Post #198,510
3/14/05 12:04:15 PM
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Yes, it's supposed to have pickles . . .
. . and pimento and the ketsup in Russian is supposed to be replaced by chili sauce. Russian is supposed to have pimento but not the other stuff.
Interestingly, Russian Salad (said to have been invented by French chef Olivier in his Moscow restaurant) does have the pickle and similar ingredients, but the dressing for it isn't made separately.
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Post #198,512
3/14/05 12:08:00 PM
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Wow.
First mention of the Olivier Salad from an American. Ok, Andrew, fess up. How did you come by this sacred knowledge? In Sanct-Petersburg no holiday meal is completed without a huge bowl of what we call "Olivier". IT probably has nothing to do with the original recipe, but the name survived.
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Post #198,525
3/14/05 12:26:23 PM
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At this point I can't really say.
While I have a substantial stack of books on Russian, Ukranian, Lithuanian and Polish cooking I don't recall if I learned it from them or from some more general source. I did, however, know about its holiday importance.
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Post #198,401
3/13/05 9:36:29 PM
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the freedom fries of sald dressing
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Post #198,407
3/14/05 12:02:13 AM
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Well, kind of anti-freedom fries actually . .
. . as shown by [link|http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-russiandressing.htm|this sign].\t\t\t
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Post #198,420
3/14/05 2:19:35 AM
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IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Salads dress YOU!
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