Macedonia (food)

French salad of fruit or vegetable pieces

For the cuisine of North Macedonia, see Macedonian cuisine.

Macedonia

Macedonia with ice cream

Type| Salad
Place of origin| France
Main ingredients| Fruits or vegetables
Macedonia, fruit for sale in Rome, Italy, 2016

Macedonia (French: macédoine) is a French culinary[1] term referring to a salad composed of small pieces of fruit or vegetables. Fruit Macedonia is a fresh fruit salad and is a common dessert in Greece, Romania, Spain,[2] France, Italy and South America. Vegetable Macedonia or Macédoine de légumes nowadays is usually a cold salad or hors d'oeuvre of diced vegetables, in France often including red beans. Macédoine de légumes is also a hot vegetable dish consisting of the same vegetables served with butter.[3] Prepared macédoine, a mixture of diced vegetables and often peas, is often sold canned or frozen.[4] It is sometimes mixed with mayonnaise combined with aspic stock, making it similar to Russian salad.

## Etymology

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The word macedonia was popularised in the middle of the 18th century in France to refer to mixed fruit salad. This probably alludes to the diverse origin of the people of Alexander's Macedonian Empire,[5][6] but that is "not fully established".[7] It is sometimes said that it refers to the ethnic mixture in 19th century Ottoman Macedonia.[8] Starting later in the 18th century, macedoine could mean any medley of unrelated things, not necessarily edible.[7][9]

## See also

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* List of culinary knife cuts
* List of salads

## References

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1. ^ Robuchon, Joël (2001). Larousse Gastronomique. Octopus Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-600-60688-8.
2. ^ "Make time for Macedonia" (January 28, 2006) The Times
3. ^ Larousse Gastronomique
4. ^ "Macédoine". Iga.net. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
5. ^ Juan Antonio Cincunegui (24 November 2002) "La palabra en el tiempo", Nuevo Siglo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
6. ^ Auguste Scheler (1888) Dictionnaire d'étymologie française d'après les résultats de la science moderne p. 313
7. ^ a b Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2000, s.v.
8. ^ Dimitar Bechev, Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia, Historical Dictionaries of Europe, Edition 2, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019, ISBN 1538119625, Introduction, p. 1.
9. ^ Alan Davidson, (1999) The Oxford Companion to Food, Oxford ISBN 0-19-211579-0. Littré. Larousse du XIXe.

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Salads

List of salads

Salads|

* Acar
* Afghan salad
* Arab salad
* Asinan
* Bean salad
* Blunkett salad
* Burmese salads
* Buddha bowl
* Caesar salad
* Caprese salad
* Carrot salad
* Celery Victor
* Cheese slaw
* Chef salad
* Chicken salad
* Chilean salad
* Chinese chicken salad
* Çoban salatası
* Cobb salad
* Coleslaw
* Cucumber salad
* Curtido
* Egg salad
* Esgarrat
* Fiambre
* Ful medames salad
* Gado-gado
* Glasswort salad
* Goma-ae
* Greek salad
* Ham salad
* Hummus salad
* Ispanakhi Matsvnit
* Israeli eggplant salad
* Israeli salad
* Kachumbari
* Kachumber
* Kangkung belacan
* Karedok
* Kinilnat
* Kısır
* Kosambari
* Kuluban
* Lalab
* Larb
* Lyutika
* Malfouf salad
* Masmouta salad
* Matbukha
* Mechouia salad
* Mercimek köftesi
* Mesclun
* Michigan salad
* Mizeria
* Morkovcha
* Nam khao
* Nam tok
* Nộm
* Nopalito
* Olivier salad
* Pantesca salad
* Pasembur
* Pecel
* Pico de gallo
* Piyaz
* Plecing kangkung
* Potato salad
* Raheb
* Red slaw
* Rojak
* Rosolli
* Rujak soto
* Sabzi khordan
* Şakşuka
* Salade cauchoise
* Salade niçoise
* Salată de boeuf
* Salmagundi
* Serbian salad
* Seven-layer salad
* Shalgam
* Shirazi salad
* Shopska salad
* Singju
* Snow White salad
* Spinach salad
* Stir fried water spinach
* Sweet potato salad
* Szałot
* Tabbouleh
* Taco salad
* Taktouka
* Tangpyeong-chae
* Texas caviar
* Thai salads
* Ulam
* Ummak huriyya
* Urap
* Urnebes
* Vinegret
* Wheat salad
* Wurstsalat
* Yam naem
* Yum sen lon

Bread salads|

* Cappon magro
* Dakos
* Fattoush
* Panzanella

Dessert salads|

* Ambrosia
* Cookie salad
* Frogeye salad
* Fruit salad
* Glorified rice
* Jello salad
* Seafoam salad
* Snickers salad
* Strawberry Delight
* Watergate salad

Fish salads|

* Buljol
* Crab Louie
* Dressed herring
* Golbaengi-muchim
* Herring salad
* Kinilaw
* Koi
* Kung chae nampla
* Lomi-lomi salmon
* Mimosa salad
* 'Ota 'ika
* Poke
* Rubiyan salad
* Shrimp Louie
* Tuna salad
* Yusheng

Fruit salads|

* Bionico
* Candle salad
* Charoset
* Green papaya salad
* Macedonia
* Sicilian orange salad
* Waldorf salad

Noodle salads|

* Khauk swè thoke
* Macaroni salad
* Mont di
* Nan gyi thohk
* Pasta salad
* Sōmen salad

Related articles|

* Burmese salads
* Crouton
* Eggplant salads and appetizers
* List of Arab salads
* Make a Salad
* Salad bar
* Salad bowl
* Salad days
* Salad spinner
* Thai salads

* Category: Salads

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