New Year's table during the Soviet era had its own characteristics. There were dishes that necessarily prepared in almost every family. I chose the 5 most popular dishes of the Soviet Union:
1. Salad "Olivier"
Perhaps this is a classic. I can not imagine New Year without this salad. Soviet housewives have transformed the original recipe of chef Lucien Olivier instead grouse began to add chicken, or boiled tongue, and then did doctoral sausage, instead of gherkin pickles, capers instead began putting green peas.
This salad was no longer just a symbol of the New Year, he was as a brand era. "Olivier" with a prescription from the Soviet Union is prepared to this day. Moreover, this "duty" salad, not only for the New Year, but also on other holidays.
2. Salad "Herring under a fur coat"
Too classic. Since my childhood I love this salad, it is always associated me with the New Year. "Fur coat" was invented in the 60s, when there was a period of decline. We come up with a salad of low-priced products, and 70m years it has become the most popular salad on all the holidays, not only for the New Year. Prepared "Herring under a fur coat" in almost every family.
However, the salad does not lose its popularity to this day. There are many variations of this salad. For example, "green Herring under coat" et al.
3. fish in aspic
Well, how to present New Year's table without jellied fish? Despite the shortage of products, the Soviet housewives managed to somewhere to get the fish to the filling - it must be a perch. A further cut from the leaves of carrot or sprockets. Remember it?
It is believed that this dish has become popular thanks to the film "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath", where the hero says, "How disgusting, this is your fish in aspic."
4. Jelly
aspic popularity began to grow in the 80s. When there was a shortage, izmudryatsya had to apply for a New Year's table meat dish. Pork legs have been cheaper to buy them was easier than meat.
Today jelly on New Year's table is not often meet.
5. sprats
Soviet housewives cook sandwiches with sprats. Roasted bread, smeared with butter or mayonnaise, and top of the fish. Sprats were in those days, a delicacy, with the exception of the Baltic states. Therefore, not every family ate them often. But on New Year's all work to get them.
Today sandwiches with sprats no less loved. But sprat easily available product, and is quite inexpensive today.
And on New Year's Eve in Soviet times to make sandwiches with caviar, was a cake "Napoleon", and of champagne "Soviet", where the same without him!
Write in the comments what other courses were popular in the USSR in the New Year and what was prepared in your family. Very interesting to know!
And a Happy New Year 2019 !!!