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,
The Tartar Steppe and the soldier's desire for glory are themes in the novel. Drogo is posted to the remote outpost overlooking a desolate Tartar desert; he spends his career waiting for the barbarian horde rumored to live beyond the desert. Without noticing, Drogo finds that in his watch over the fort he has let years and decades pass and that, while his old friends in the city have had children, married, and lived full lives, he has come away with nothing except solidarity with his fellow soldiers in their long, patient vigil. When the attack by the Tartars finally arrives, Drogo gets