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[SpanWeb]

Just curious, but why on tapas menus is Russian Salad always ensaladilla, but Murciana Salad always ensalada?

Anyone know why?

[Adey]

It's something to do with the fact that the Russian salad is chopped up into small pieces, but I can't remember the exact reason behind the word change.

[SpanWeb]

Yes, I see what you mean Thank you

[Culebronchris]

Ensaladilla, like little salad, cervecita, a small beer, platico de olivas, a few (a little dish of) olives. Ico, ito, illo are the diminuitives - like book to booklet. So even if you get a mountain of ensaladilla rusa and a tiny tapa of ensalada murciana the idea is still there.