Tartar sauce Tartar sauce Tartar sauce (spelled tartare sauce in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and other parts of the Commonwealth) is a mayonnaise of French origin, and is typically of a rough consistency due to the addition of diced gherkins or other varieties of pickles, capers and parsley. It is often used as a condiment with seafood dishes. It is most commonly used with clam strips, fried oysters, fish and chips, fish sandwiches, and fish fingers, among many other dishes. Tartar sauce is based on either mayonnaise (egg yolk, mustard or vinegar, oil) or aioli (egg yolk, olive oil,
Green sauce Green sauce Green sauce is a family of cold, uncooked sauces based on herbs, including the Spanish and Italian "salsa verde", the French "sauce verte", the German "Grüne Soße" or "Frankfurter Grie Soß" (Frankfurt dialect), and the Argentinian "chimichurri". The Mexican "salsa verde", though also called a "green sauce", is instead based on tomatillos; the New Mexico version uses a green chile base. The basic recipe is probably from the Near East and, as such, is probably at least 2,000 years old. Roman legionaries brought it to Italy, from where it was exported to France and Germany. Evidence suggests that