One of the famous Soviet salads is considered to be “Ladies’ Caprice”. For what reason this salad received such a name – it is still a mystery. All the ingredients in this dish are quite budgetary, so there are no food caprices in the salad.
In addition to “Ladies’ caprice” in Soviet times there were other interesting names of salads
.
For example, “Men’s tears.”
This salad was prepared with a lot of garlic, which caused tears from consumption even in men.
All these salads were delicious. But, for unknown reasons were forgotten by people in the period of abundance after 1990. Let’s tell you how to prepare a salad “Ladies’ caprice”.
Ingredients for salad “Ladies’ caprice”:
- canned fish – 180 g;
- boiled potatoes – pcs;
- green peas – 100 g;
- boiled carrots – pcs;
- boiled egg – pcs;
- apple – ½ pc;
- cheese – 100 g;
- mayonnaise.
Preparation of salad “Ladies’ caprice”:
Knead canned fish with a fork in a bowl. Rub the peeled potatoes on a layer of canned fish, smear with mayonnaise.
Put green peas on the potato layer. Grate finely grated carrots, put on a layer of green peas.
Grate finely boiled egg, put on a layer of carrots, smeared with mayonnaise
.
Finely grate a peeled apple, put it on the egg layer. Smear
the apple layer with mayonnaise
.
Grate cheese on a fine grater, sprinkle it on the top of the salad.
It turns out excellent salad “Ladies’ caprice”. It can be left to soak for half an hour or served immediately.
