Fur coat with mayonnaise

If earlier in the Soviet Union there were few products to create culinary masterpieces and people used beets, carrots and potatoes available to everyone, now, although the choice is huge, herring still remains the main salad for many people.

The history of herring under a fur coat goes back to the Scandinavian countries, which have always been famous for the abundance of this delicious fish. In the cookbooks of Norway in 1851, you can find a similar recipe called Sillsallad, which means herring salad in Russian. The recipe included herring, which was placed on the bottom of a large plate, boiled beets, carrots cut into thin circles, and eggs were laid out on top of it. However, all the ingredients were not mixed.
Since the second half of the XIX century and in Russian cookbooks, one can trace the history of the salad recipe "herring under a fur coat". Although this dish was created, of course, without mayonnaise and more like a vinaigrette. The ingredients present in such a salad are incredibly similar to herring under a fur coat.
The appearance of herring under a fur coat in the form in which we know it now is allegedly connected with the innkeeper Anastas Bogomilov, who in 1918 thought about the state of affairs in his establishments. Many visitors, after a good portion of booze, began to rowdy and fight, thus clarifying relations on a political basis. A certain Aristarchus Prokoptsev worked as a cook in the tavern, to whom the owner gave the task to come up with a salad that would be nutritious and high-calorie, so that people would not get so drunk and fight in his taverns.
Aristarchus Prokoptsev approached the matter creatively. He deciphered the composition of the selected ingredients as follows: herring is a symbol of the proletariat, as workers often ordered and loved it; beetroot is a symbol of the revolutionary red banner; the rest of the vegetables are root vegetables (onions, carrots, potatoes), which symbolize the land, and therefore the peasantry; mayonnaise is a French sauce that embodies a tribute to the French revolutionaries.

It is better to prepare mayonnaise yourself. It will be tastier and healthier. See here interesting recipes for homemade mayonnaise.
Also, as a dressing, you can use not only mayonnaise, but also sour cream or natural yogurt. They can be taken separately or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion to your taste - this will reduce the calorie content of the dish.

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