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Dressed herring

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Dressed herring, informally called shuba or herring under a fur coat, is a Soviet era layered salad of diced herring topped with layers of grated boiled egg, potatoes, carrots and beetroot, chopped onion and mayonnaise, with some versions adding grated apple. The final layer of grated beetroot covered in mayonnaise gives the dish its characteristic purple color, often finished with grated egg white and yolk for decoration. It remains widely popular across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states as a festive appetizer for New Year and Christmas, particularly in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and is known in Poland as sledz pod pierzynka. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains Fish or Shellfish 1
Origin Region
Soviet Union 2
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Expresses Tradition

Christmas Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
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New Year Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
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In Cuisine

Polish Cuisine, Cuisines
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Russian Cuisine, Cuisines
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Ukrainian Cuisine, Cuisines
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Uses Ingredient

Beetroot, Ingredients
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Carrot, Ingredients
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Herring, Ingredients
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Mayonnaise, Ingredients
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Onion, Ingredients
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Potato, Ingredients
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In the Other Atlases

Originated In

Soviet Union

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

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USSR
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1. Dressed herring (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Dressed herring salad is often decorated with grated boiled eggs (whites, yolks, or both).
  • Uses Ingredient: Potato, Infobox main_ingredient field: Herring, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), onions, mayonnaise
  • Uses Ingredient: Onion, Infobox main_ingredient field: Herring, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), onions, mayonnaise
  • Uses Ingredient: Carrot, Infobox main_ingredient field: Herring, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), onions, mayonnaise
  • Uses Ingredient: Beetroot, Infobox main_ingredient field: Herring, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), onions, mayonnaise
  • Uses Ingredient: Herring, Infobox main_ingredient field: Herring, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), onions, mayonnaise
  • Uses Ingredient: Mayonnaise, Infobox main_ingredient field: Herring, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots), onions, mayonnaise
  • Expresses Tradition: Christmas Feast Traditions, Lead section
    It is especially popular for holidays, and is commonly served as a "zakuska" at New Year (Novy God) and Christmas celebrations in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the United States.
  • Expresses Tradition: New Year Feast Traditions, Lead section
    It is especially popular for holidays, and is commonly served as a "zakuska" at New Year (Novy God) and Christmas celebrations in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the United States.
  • In Cuisine: Russian Cuisine, Infobox: national_cuisine
    Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan
  • In Cuisine: Polish Cuisine, Infobox: national_cuisine
    Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan
  • In Cuisine: Ukrainian Cuisine, Infobox: national_cuisine
    Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan
  • In Group: European Salads, Lead paragraph
    Dressed herring, colloquially known as shuba, herring under a fur coat, or furry herring (Russian: "сельдь под шубой", romanized: "sel'd pod shuboy" or "селёдка под шубой", "selyodka pod shuboy"), is a layered salad composed of diced spekesild covered with layers of grated boiled eggs, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroots),
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2. Dressed herring (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Soviet Union
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Soviet Union
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