Hola Carol  :)

Friday December 06 2002 20:19, Carol Shenkenberger decˇa a Steven Horn:

 FTD>> Now that that is clearly defined, this is not Fidonet anymore bu
 FTD>> what is known as an "ensalada rusa" ...

 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 .

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

 CS> Humm.  Cuban 'Roossahh' in how it's said?

Yes, /rroosah/ is the pronunciation we use, meaning russian.  Though I'm
sure this dish has nothing to do with Russia in the same way that calling a
vegetable omelette a "tortilla espa¤ola" has nothing to do with
the real thing :)   Alex will probably tell us.

 CS> Gina (childhood
 CS> friend) had me at her house a few times and it also meant 'scrap
 CS> soup' as in what her grandmere tossed into the pot.  You never
 CS> really knew if it would come out good until you ate some but it
 CS> was always good.  Grandmere was quite a cook!

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

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

You certainly got the gist  :)

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

Felipe  :)

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