*** Quoting Felipe T. Dorado from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 SH>> You will have to explain what an "ensalada rusa" is
but did you not kn

 CS> Heck, I'm really really rusty but my mind comes up with 'mish mash' this
 CS> time a 'salad of mis-matching things that do not connect'.  Heck  few
 CS> messages ago I explained how rusty I am at spanish.  My brain hasnt tried
 CS> to dig this up for ages (30 or so years!).  I'm sure there's a more
 CS> accurate translation than my poor little brain can recall .

FTD> Mish-mash sounds as close as one can get :)  or hodge podge   :)

Hodge Podge was my second choice.  I note also that the words can be used
¨almost as a joke like in english where 'bad' can mean 'good'.  In this
case, ¨the mis-matched pieces can make a perfection as a secondary almost
slang ¨meaning of the term.

FTD> Yeap, something quite similar. For us an "ensalada rusa"
is a dish mad
FTD> with boiled potatoes and vegetables, all chopped in dices, and mixed g
FTD> with "mayonesa", or mayonaise. Tuna fish chopped fine can
also be adde
FTD> together with whole olives without the seed :)

Good!  For the Russians, make it black olives as it better suits the sweet
¨darkness they so love .

 CS> Felipe?  Am I close?  Or did I mis-match something I
 CS> barely recall?

FTD> You certainly got the gist  :)

Good!

FTD> However, one thing is the _dish_ and a very different matter _the expr
FTD> "es una ensalada rusa".
FTD> And that means that some things of completely different nature and tot
FTD> incompatible have been tossed together unjustifiably. Exactly as you d
FTD> it above :) The mis-matching bit :)

Yes.  'Its a mish-mosh'.  BTW, is there any hidden joke that it's a female
¨nominitive?
                                       xxcarol

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