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Encyclopedia > Macedonia (food)

Macedonia or macédoine is a salad composed of small pieces of fruit or of vegetables. Salad Platter Salad is a term applied broadly to many food preparations that are a mixture of chopped or sliced ingredients. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Vegetables in a market Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. ...


Fruit macedonia or macédoine de fruits is a fruit salad and is a common dessert in France, Italy, Spain and Latin America. Fruit salad Fruit salad is a dish consisting of various kinds of fruit, served either in their own juices or a syrup. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...


Vegetable macedonia or macédoine de légumes nowadays is usually a cold salad or hors d'oeuvre of diced vegetables, in France often including red beans. It is sometimes mixed with mayonnaise combined with aspic stock, making it similar to a vegetarian Russian salad. Macédoine de légumes is also a hot vegetable dish consisting of the same vegetables served with butter.[1] Hors dœuvre (or alternatively appetizer or starter) refer to the food served before or outside of (French: hors) the main dishes of a meal (the œuvre). ... Dicing is a method of food preparation in which the food item is cut into small blocks or dice. ... Binomial name Phaseolus vulgaris L. The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, indigenous to the Americas, is an herbaceous annual plant domesticated independently in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes, and now grown worldwide for its edible bean, popular both dry and as a green bean. ... Mayonnaise made in a food processor with an assortment of standard ingredients Mayonnaise is a stable emulsion of vegetable oil and egg yolk, flavored with vinegar or lemon juice and frequently mustard (all of which help the emulsion). ... ASPIC can refer to: Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller Application Service Provider Industry Consortium Armed Services Personnel Interrogation Center Association for Strategic Planning in Internal Communications Authors Standard Prepress Interfacing Cod This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Russian salad or salade russe is a composed salad of diced vegetables and sometimes meats bound in mayonnaise. ...


The word comes from the French macédoine, which was coined in 18th-century France and may allude to the diverse origin of the peoples of Alexander's Macedonian Empire. It is sometimes said that it refers to the ethnic mixture in Ottoman 19th century Macedonia, but the chronology and contemporary sources do not support this interpretation.[2] Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most successful military commanders in history. ... Macedonia is the name of a number of places in the world: Places in the Macedonian region of Europe Macedonia: An historical region of the southern Balkans. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem At the height of its power (1683) Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI...


In Greece macedonian salad with vegetables and mayonnaise is called a russian salad


References

  1. ^ Larousse Gastronomique
  2. ^ Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, Oxford, 1999. ISBN 0-19-211579-0. Littré. Larousse du XIXe. OED gives 1740 as the earliest French usage.

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