Comments on: why we’re afraid to cook + salad olivier

By: Marianna

Marianna — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:22:13 +0000

Funny that you say everyone makes it differently. I was brought to America from Ukraine as a child and I absolutely refuse to eat anyone else’s salad olivier but my mama’s (not even my babushka’s!). She makes hers with peas, potatoes, eggs, pickles, mayo, bologna, salt, pepper…and I may be missing 1 more ingredient but I simply can’t recall on account of I never make it- why mess when you have a professional

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:32:22 +0000

Curious to see just what Salad Oliver was I clicked on the recipe and realized that I have had it once before. I worked with a young Russian girl, Ludmila and she brought it to work one day. We all loved it. I’m going to make it soon. I do think that her did have chicken in it. Lovely

By: Lisa | Dust with Flour

Lisa | Dust with Flour — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:33:47 +0000

I’m so glad to see this recipe. I love Salad Olivier but have never tried to make it. Brings back memories of a sadly short-lived restaurant in Columbus, OH — The Golden Gate. The name sounds Chinese, but it was Russian. Presiding over the dining room was a strong woman who told us what we were going to order. “No, you don’t want that, you want this.” Loved the place.
-Lisa

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:28:22 +0000

The final ingredient she forgot to give you is the mandatory drunken guest asleep with his face in the salad! :D
But I suppose it’s only a New Years dinner thing…
Ask Alex, he’ll know:))

By: olga

olga — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:53:15 +0000

Just clicked on this recipe link from today’s posting…I was thinking Salad Olivier? hmmm what’s that?
As I read, I realized that this is my mom’s potato salad….everyone used to make fun of the fact that she would put peas and carrots and pickles in the salad…but everyone ALWAYS had seconds, thirds and fourths….
Now if I make potato salad and I don’t make it like this the whole dang family whines!
Totally my fave!

By: Fred Nerk

Fred Nerk — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:38:04 +0000

Great recipe. But as for people leaving out ingredients in “their” recipes. . . . I find it a bizarre concept. Not something anyone in my family would ever do. Food is for sharing and enjoying, What sort of sad pathetic person would begrudge another person the ability to make good food?

Sorry, it just boggles my mind.

By: Mel B

Mel B — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:37:14 +0000

Oh my goodness, I had no idea there was a name for this – let alone a recipe on a website I visit all the time! I pretty much lived on this stuff during my study abroad semester in Russia. The cafeteria ladies figured out how much I loved it and would give me extra helpings. . .aww, good times.

Now excuse me, I have to go to the store and buy pickles. :-)

By: Leanna

Leanna — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:13:23 +0000

So true about not one Olivie ( how I call it lol) is the same!
I always add cooked chicken meat, ( back in the days my moom used to slice hotdogs), double the eggs, use fresh cooked peas (the canned one we used in Russia, when fresh ones weren’t available) and always add sour cream. You can’t have Russian food without the sour cream!

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:53:25 +0000

I chuckled reading the comments about never having pickles in potato salad before! Here in Oklahoma, sometimes you get more pickle than potato! I will have to try this soon, as my hubby is learning to love potato salad after a childhood filled with mustard-based potato salad, and that man hates mustard :)

By: tanya

tanya — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:25:44 +0000

Alexandra! the tongue dish! yum yum! just came back from Ukraine, our summer vacation! Now i wanna go back! Udachi