variants
or tartare sauce
: a sauce made principally of mayonnaise and chopped pickles
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April Fools' Day:What to know about the holiday Holidays:When is Ramadan 2023? Remember Frisch's tartar sauce ice cream?
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Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2023
Essentially, the traditional recipe for this sauce, a cousin of tartar sauce and hollandaise, goes something like this: Hard boil a few eggs.
—G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
Fried clams with a tartar sauce containing Hellmann’s mayonnaise at Little Whale in Boston.
—Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
Frisch’s Big Boy is bringing the tartar sauce to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).
—Scott Wartman
cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2023
Share a platter of spicy Diablo Shrimp with a jicama-apple slaw or Lobster Hush Puppies with chipotle tartar sauce.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
The fried fish balls came with a side of tartar sauce for dipping.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
The dish comes with mushy peas and tartar sauce to reinforce the Scottish feel.
—Alex Darus, cleveland, 28 July 2023
Ruby Salts from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia are presented fried with a rousing ramp tartar sauce; roasted with cheese, garlic and the restaurant’s trademark Snake Oil, a hot sauce fueled with local fish peppers; and atop ice, brightened with Meyer lemon and chile crisp.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
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Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2023
Essentially, the traditional recipe for this sauce, a cousin of tartar sauce and hollandaise, goes something like this: Hard boil a few eggs.
—G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
Fried clams with a tartar sauce containing Hellmann’s mayonnaise at Little Whale in Boston.
—Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
Frisch’s Big Boy is bringing the tartar sauce to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).
—Scott Wartman
cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2023
Share a platter of spicy Diablo Shrimp with a jicama-apple slaw or Lobster Hush Puppies with chipotle tartar sauce.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
The fried fish balls came with a side of tartar sauce for dipping.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
The dish comes with mushy peas and tartar sauce to reinforce the Scottish feel.
—Alex Darus, cleveland, 28 July 2023
Ruby Salts from the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia are presented fried with a rousing ramp tartar sauce; roasted with cheese, garlic and the restaurant’s trademark Snake Oil, a hot sauce fueled with local fish peppers; and atop ice, brightened with Meyer lemon and chile crisp.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
French sauce tartare
First Known Use
1855, in the meaning defined above
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“Tartar sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tartar%20sauce. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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tartar sauce
noun
tar·tar sauce
variants
or tartare sauce
: a sauce made chiefly of mayonnaise and chopped pickles
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