Stolichny Salad

As the story goes, stolichny salad is the successor to the legendary Olivier salad. The recipe was simplified after the revolution and eventually arrived at its current ingredients: boiled chicken or some other fowl, hard-boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, pickles, mayonnaise. Versions with sausage, boiled tongue, beef, and other types of meat were usually called ‘meat salad.’ While there were a variety of takes on stolichny salad, Olivier salad, and meat salad prepared at home, food service recipes adhered to strict standards.