Olivier salad
- noun
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ensalada Olivier
- During New Year's Eve in Russia, it is common to serve Olivier salad as a festive dish.
Examples
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We served Olivier salad at the wedding.
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She learned to prepare Olivier salad from her grandmother's traditional recipe.
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At the family gathering, everyone enjoyed the homemade Olivier salad with their meal.
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Have you tried Olivier salad before?
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At the family gathering, everyone enjoyed the homemade Olivier salad with their meal.
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During New Year's Eve in Russia, it is common to serve Olivier salad as a festive dish.
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She learned to prepare Olivier salad from her grandmother's traditional recipe.
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Morphology
Olivier + salad
The headword 'salad' makes the basic category (a type of salad) immediately clear to a learner who knows both words, because 'Olivier' functions as an eponymic modifier. However, the specific recipe, Russian cultural association and typical ingredients cannot be derived from the name alone, so full meaning requires prior exposure or cultural knowledge.
Etymology
Olivier salad may come from a chef named Lucien Olivier who, long ago in Moscow, mixed a rich bowl of potatoes, meat, eggs and mayonnaise for guests in his restaurant. One popular story says people loved this 'party dish' so much that the chef's name stayed, and today Olivier salad means the potato, vegetable and egg salad often served at 'celebrations'.