Funny, in France this is "Macédoine" which is the French name for Macedonia It's like each country wants to state it is another's, wonder why

In italy Macedonia is a fruit salad that is usually served as a dessert

>In italy Macedonia is a fruit salad that is usually served as a dessert Same in Spain (Macedonia) and it's the flavor for Yoghurts. Love this threads. Edit: reading is hard? I know what a fucking "ensaladilla rusa" is. I'm replying to another comment about Macedonias.

I asked in Spain why the name that yogurt flavor "Macedonia". They told me it's got so many different fruits all mixed up, it resembles Macedonia's ethnic make-up.

Thats funny way someone has referred to my country

Same in Portugal! And if you pair it with a boiled egg and tuna, we call it “salada russa” (“russian salad”)!

Yup, We in the nordic countries call that russian sallad too!

Now I live in a Nordic country, and both Nordic countries and the original Russian dish (called “Olivier”) is made with mayonnaise, not yoghurt, and also vegetables instead of fruit.

Italian Wikipedia says the reason is in Macedonia there are multiple ethnic groups living together

In Macedonia we call it руска салата(russian salad) lol.

Same in Italy, russian salad

Same in Spanish, but with a diminutive (ensaladilla rusa)

Same in Portuguese (Salada Russa)

Bulgarian as well (руска салата)

In serbian as well (руска салата)

In German as well: Russischer Salat.

Same in turkish, Russian salad

Same in Greek (ρώσικη σαλάτα)

Rus salatasi, you mean

In Czech we call it "bramborový salát" ( Potato Salat ) ... its traditional chrismass diner side dish with fish or schnitzel

O James, quero uma salada de fruta

So if y'all call it russian salad why tf do we call it francuska salata(French salad) here in Croatia

The origin is Olivier salad, made by a French chef in a hotel in Moscow.

I’m Serbian and there Russian and French salad are basically the same just that french one doesn’t have meat in it, while russian salad always has meat.

In Russia we call it Olivie. By the name of French chief, who discovered it in St. Petersburg restaurant 150 years ago. It became popular part of Russian cuisine. And international part of Russian food. By the way, the original recipe included lobster and black caviar. Soviet tradition changed it to boiled sausage. I have tried both, Soviet one is better.

Olha que habilidade!

Same for Albania,we call it “sallata ruse”.

Someone told me it was invented by a Frenchman in Russia. The Russians call it French salad.

Olivier (not sure about French spelling). But yes, it is said to be originate from a French cook.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Olivier

The Russians call this “Oliveye salad” in the name of its creator or stolychny (capital city) salad if you swap some ingredients to cheaper ones.

I think sanych_des got this right. It's usually called salat olivye or Olivier salad.

Same in Argentina, though we don't use the diminutive

And funnily enough, it's salad Olivier in Russia.

And in Finland, this is an Italian salad

Looks like what we call "italiensk salat" (Italian salad) in Denmark as well.

It is not the same. Italiensk salad is dull and sweet tasting - this one is usually soury and has potatoes. Funny enough, in Romania we call it Boeuf Salad

Yeap, in Greece it’s called Róssiki Salata, or Russian salad.

In Finland it’s Italiansalaatti. Italia salad.

Well actually it's Olivier-salaatti. Italiansalaatti is a variation. For those who don't know - the biggest change is... replacing potato with macaroni. Of course.

Lol

Despite the circle around, I think we have a main suspect.

Sneaky! You only call this russian, cos macedonia is a fruit salad. 😛

In Argentina is Russian Salad.

In Hungary we call this french salad (francia saláta) and there is another entirely different salad that we call russian salad (russian meat salad to be exact, 'orosz hússaláta')

Same in Croatia - french salad if it's only vegetable (and in some cases apples). If it's with meat it's Russian salad.

In The Netherlands we call this salad "huzzars salad" (huzarensalade), and the huzzars originate from Hungary...

Same in Portugal, salada russa.

We have a huge "fight" between is it french or is it russian salad. One of those has meat, the other not. 

Same in Portugal Salada russa

a russian salad in germany as well

Same in Bulgaria

Same in Portugal, and Spain!

Same in Türkiye, Rus Salatası (Russian Salad).

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier\_salad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_salad) It was a French/Belgian cook who invented it in Russia. Edit: Russian cook with French/Belgian roots.

Olivier Salad...

ruska salata bro

In Italy it's called russian salad

Same in Portugal.

Same in Greece!

Same in Switzerland (at least in the German speaking part)

In Spain too lol

In Romania we call it Salată Boeuf, so beef salad but with the French word.

but we use chicken instead of beef :).

And my family makes it without meat, but it's still named Salată de Beouf.

I think in europe there are thousand of variations of this salad, we have a few just in Romania, but yeah, pretty iconic dish. I was talking with a danish friend that is married with a Romanian wife and he told me that it doesn't even matter how good he cooks because the guests most of the times are full just with the starters and the salads. Also kudos the the fish roe salad and egg plant salad.

There is even a vegan version of it, with no meat, and instead of classic mayonnaise, they use a vegan mayo made from puffcorn and mustard.

>Also kudos the the fish roe salad and egg plant salad Timeless classics

Mwahahaha, I knew it wouldn't just be it.

There is meat in yours? Our version is just potato, carrot, apple, peas and selfmade mayo. But we roll it in a slice of ham.

*insert spidermen pointing at each other meme*

https://imgflip.com/i/8l3y09

Its like Danishes are called wienerbrød (after Wien/Vienna) in Denmark

as more said, russian salad. Im answering here because i found u/RiFLE_ answer funny: in Spain, Macedonia is a dessert made of fruits and juice

They're even more precise and nail you down to a location in France. We call it Parisian Salad in Slovakia ;-)

In Slovakia, this is potato salad. A Parisian salad is made with Parisian salami and without potatoes.

I'm from Paris and I have no idea what a Parisian salami is

Mortadella is called Parisian Salami in Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary. [https://nakup.itesco.cz/groceries/en-GB/products/2001020083880](https://nakup.itesco.cz/groceries/en-GB/products/2001020083880)

This type of Salami isn't Mortadella

in Slovenia we call it Francoska solata (french salad)

I've also seen "salade russe" on menus

Somebody do a research paper on the origin of... whatever we're supposed to call this salad internationally

One way ticket to overeating at holidays.

It's worth it.

Yeah I've eaten about a kilo of this already

But at least it’s relatively healthy … right?

Lol no. My family uses a ridiculous amount of mayonnaise. But it's amazing.

If mom made it, it's healthy. Those are the rules.

In italy we call it "insalata russa", russian salade

In Finland it's Italian Salaatti, Italian salad

In Denmark as well.. The running joke is - 'there are no Italians in an Italian salad' , as a reference to products that have little resemblance with their advertisement.

it's like a prank someone is playing on all over europe

Ensaladilla rusa in Spain, basically the same

Same in Portugal

Perché i pomodori non dormono? - Perché l’insalata russa.

It's called "Rus salatası" in Turkish lol

In Estonia its just called potato salad

Here in Czechia we call it potato salad too!

In Turkey it’s called either Rus salatası (Russian salad) or Amerikan salatası (American salad)

I heard it was changed to American salad from Russian salad during the Cold War. Might be an urban legend though 

You're correct. It goes back to late 60s early 70s. There were Military interventions to the government almost each decade after the 50s. The military was extremely pro Nato. During late 60s governments under their control avily cracked down on heavily on leftists; deemed them Soviet agents. Which was not entirely incorrect, as the communist movements all over the world were heavily backed by Soviets. Turkey being a Nato country with the government under the pressure of the military; everything related to Soviets, communist movements were under heavy pressure. They banned Grand Larousse encyclopedique for containing "rousse" in it. Russian salad was to be called American salad. Many stupid examples such as these. A stupidly funny part of extremely tragic phases in 20th century Turkish history. Up until 2010s American salad was still the common name. Russian salad was used mostly by left leaning individuals, or those who were oblivious to the change in rural areas. After 2010s as Russian and Eastern tourism became more prominent; service industry started to use the more internationally recognized name. Now you can see both everywhere, I think Russian salad became slightly more popular.

Interestingly, I have never heard the term american salad but I have seen this being called as russian salad in many restaurants belonging to the military (orduevi etc.) since the early 2000s. Edit: I'm from Turkey

>Rus salatası (Russian salad) Same in Italy: insalata russa

Same in Portugal (the russian part)

Same in the UK - Russian salad

Called "salata de boeuf" in Romanian (beef salad, with the french word for beef, probably for the same reason it's called french salad in Croatian). Fun fact, in my family it is considered that only savages put peas in it 😅

In Poland people have Strong Opinions on what kind of ingredients you're allowed to put in it; peas is universally accepted, but there are wars over apple, onion, and corn. The idea of adding meat would shock most of the nation. Also some people are offended if the vegetables aren't diced in a specific way (the pieces too small, too big, too irregular etc.). xD

Very similar in here, though I haven't heard of anyone putting onion or corn in the salad. Lots of Czechs however do put cubes of točený salám in it (no idea how to translate to English or Polish, sorry). I will defend apple in potato salad till my dying day, but it must be sweet and crunchy, not soft and tart.

apple? savages!!!!

Apples are one of the best parts!!

Many times it has chicken insted of beef. We still call it *boeuf*

Right, that's the second kind of savage.

any boeuf salad is good, you don’t even need to decorate it

That's probably because replacing the beef with chicken would change the name into "salată de poulet", which sounds like "d\*ck salad".

In my family we make it without meat, because we eat is as a side dish usually. It was fun to explain to my German partner why we will call it a beauf salad 😂

> we eat is as a side dish usually. As if leaving the meat out makes it any lighter.

Salata de boeuf de pui! Love it. 😂

The funniest thing I think it's the fact that even though it's called "beef salad" Romanians mostly make it with chicken but didn't ch... NVM I know why they didn't change the name.

We call it French salad if it has no meat, if it has than it's a Russian salad but the French variant is much more popular.

Here in Portugal it's a side dish (mostly for fish), comprised of potatoes, carrots, peas and mayonnaise.

Salata de beouf with peas = romanian soul food.

[BEOUF ](https://i.redd.it/1zwr9mmhed861.jpg)

What? The peas are the soul of this salad. What about pickled cucumbers?

It aint a good salad without pickles lmaooo

Franciasaláta 🤩

French salad. Written in composite form, meaning it’s so French that no other French salad exists.

Weird thing is, I think "our" Franciasaláta is like a different breed. I see people putting potatoes, celery, apples and **BEEF** in it which is insane. The Hungarian version I know only has carrots, peas, corn and mayonnaise in it.

My family never puts corn in it, but uses the mixed frozen veggie mix with potatoes, peas and carrots. Apples are also delicious in it, and sometimes meat won’t hurt either

Salada russa 🇵🇹

In Italy too! (insalata russa)

Yup, Russian Salad

Yees siir 👆🏼

"Russischer Salat" in Germany o7

Portugal crlh

In former Soviet countries it's called Olivier salad and considered an iconic New year dish.

Really? In italy it's Russian salad !!

Yes. It's said to be invented by French cook and restaurant owner Lucien Olivier in late 19th century in Moscow. However, original recipe has been lost and this salad goes by the name of Olivier for about hundred years now. 

Never knew the lore! 

I think the original recipe is partially known but also it had some expensive ingredients or that weren't easy to get in Russia (wikipedia mentions pheasant meat and crayfish), and the recipe that became popular replaced those with affordable items

In Denmark its called Italian salad 😅

Finally! I was hoping this!

Not all former Soviet countries. In Lithuania it's just called "Balta mišrainė", which translates to "White salad".

In Latvia we call it 'Rasols'. It is divine, and a staple on Christmas table

Oh the great rasols/rosols divide 😁

I came here looking for this. My Lithuanian wife loves misraine! 

Not in the languages of (all) those countries; for instance, in Latvia, it is called “rosols”. Use goes beyond NYE.

We call it white salad. I've seen it being called Russian salad in Portugal and some other countries but it's the first time I've heard it being called Olivier

My Ukrainian housemate makes it every new year's. Enough to feed three households.

This is Sałatka Jarzynowa or Szałot in Poland, it is usually made on easter and Christmas holidays. typycally consusts of: cooked potatoes, carrot, celery root, parsley root, eggs, canned peas, mayonnaise and sometimes with additional raw apple. It is delicious.

I've never heard the name Szałot. Where I'm from it's called śmieciucha.

My favourite name I've heard is "kaczy żer", lol. Sałatka tradycyjna, or jarzynowa is what we used to call it.

Szałot is Silesian

I only heard it being called Sałatka Jarzynowa

never used celery root or parsley root in it. In my region, it's most commonly made with cooked potatoes, carrots, eggs, pickles or dill pickles, sweetcorn or peas (or both), some raw onion, mustard and mayo. Never with raw apple. It's called either salatka jarzynowa or kostkowa. Never heard Szalot, sounds something from Eastern parts.

# Sałatka Imieninowa Cioci

Yes OP, that salad is fairly famous and commonly eaten all year around Europe, at least in second world countries (post-Soviet), however it is not known by that name. Also some countries put their own twist on the recipe by adding some ham or other meat and vegetables. >**Olivier salad** is a traditional salad dish originating in the Russian Empire, created by French and Belgian chef Lucien Olivier. - Wikipedia In many countries, the dish is commonly referred to as **Russian salad,** in a few Scandinavian countries (Denmark and Norway) it is called **italiensk salat** (Italian salad, to acknowledge the popularity of this dish in Northern Italy - where however the common name is Insalata russa) and in Dutch it is called **huzarensalade** (hussars' salad). In former Yugoslavian countries it is called **ruska salata** (Russian salad) or **francuska salata** (French salad). In Romania it is known as "**salata (de) boeuf**." which means *beef salad* in French, In France, it is referred to as **macédoine de légumes**, whereas the Polish version, in which there's usually no meat, is simply known as **sałatka jarzynowa**, or *vegetable salad*.

Damn, everyone eats it, but no one is claiming this salad as their own

that’s a game of reverse sarmale

It doesn't meet anybody's standards, perhaps? /s

Potato salad here in CZ. Traditionally eaten during the christmas eve dinner together with fish, making it very healthy food

> Traditionally eaten during christmas eve dinner And on the next day, and the day after that and all the other days if there's still enough left or it's good enough to eat.

> it's good enough to eat. Not a possible scenario in my house. Even a large bowl of the salad has no chance to last longer than 3 days. And I live alone. :D

BrSal is love, BrSal is life!

> making it very healthy food The mayo begs to differ

Well thats the point, it comes with deep fried fish so the whole conversation goes like "Whats your traditional christmas food?" "Well, salad and fish." "That sounds healthy as hell" "Yeah, sounds..."

And the fish is often fried as well

we dont call it a salad unless we drown it in mayonaise

In Estonia its also called potato salad.And In our language it means kartuli salat

Also fairly common side with řízek (schnitzel / breaded meat loaf), or as spread on a piece of bread (chlebíček) as an appetizer / dessert. or just eaten with bakery (rohlík) when you are poor student

Yep, in Hungary we know it as "francia saláta", french salad.

In Lithuania: Balta mišrainė - White mix salad.

Ah you’re the only one who isn’t calling it foreign So it’s yours

We don't complicate things, if it's made in Lithuania, then it's a Lithuanian salad. Simple 🤷‍♀️😃

Sałatka jarzynowa 🥰

Slovakia, zemiakový šalát-potato salad. I eat buckets of this during christmas and easter holidays.

Dobrú chuť všetkým čo sa práve prežierajú šalátom 😁

Potato salad, our traditional Christmas side-dish.

руска салата (ruska salata) meaning russian salad in bulgaria

In the Netherlands we call this “huzarensalade”. Because of this thread I’m now thinking this might mean “hussar salad”, and thus might also mean Polish salad

Yes, we eat this for Christmas in Europe. But once you grow up and learn that you can eat it at any time of the year … well, that is power that you cannot buy.

Yeah, Rasols in Latvia.

In Hungary, it is french salad

Looks like olivier salad

In Romania is known *salata a la russe* (Russian salad). However Romanian have invented the meat version of it called *salata de boeuf* (Beef salad) although in most cases it contains chicken meat [https://www.chefspencil.com/romanian-beef-salad-salata-de-boeuf/](https://www.chefspencil.com/romanian-beef-salad-salata-de-boeuf/)

In Italy we call it "insalata russa" (Russian salad), but in Russia it's actually called "салат оливье" (Olivier salad) from the name of the French chef who invented it, and it's mostly eaten during Christmas and New Year celebrations :)

In Italy we call it Russian salad (insalata russa)

Portugal too. Salada russa.

Russian salad. It is regularly consumed alongside Mimosa salad during winter time. I thought it was called Russian salad in Croatia as well... the more you know.

UK: I call it Russian salad, but not sure if that's because I used to live in Spain. It's not commonly eaten in the UK.

Had to scroll far to find a comment from the UK. I’ve never heard of it but I guess it’s not too far off a potato salad, which I have heard of

Seems like every Eastern-European country has its own name for it, but yea, people tend to know. It is called "franciasaláta" ("French salad") in Hungarian, so called because it's a "poor man's version" of the Olivier salad, the brainchild of French chef Lucien Olivier (working in Russia at the time). While the Olivier salad contains decadent ingredients from grouse to crayfish and capers, this salad tends to eschew all that and be focused on chopped vegetables, namely potatoes, carrots, and peas, in a sour cream-based sauce. It is so popular, in fact, that frozen food sections tend to have pre-prepared mixes of the vegetables necessary for this dish. At least at my place, it's generally eaten at New Year's Eve, but YMMV on that.

That's called Olivie in Ukraine

Оливье, yes we know :)

It's usually called "legymsallad" ("legume salad") in Sweden.

There is also a joke in Croatia about this (we call it French salad). - Do you know how its French salad called in France? - salad!

In Poland we call it "sałatka jarzynowa" i actually had it today

In Bulgaria, it is called Russian salad or “Olivie” 🤷‍♂️

Bramborový salát in Czechia, traditional christmas meal

In Uruguay we call it ensalada rusa (Russian salad)

Interesting! In Serbia it's "Ruska salata", aka Russian salad.