# How To Make Tartar Sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469 "2014-04-19T03:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/21 "2014-04-19T17:36:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Well, you know what it is that Nauga do. I know…😃 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/22 "2014-04-19T20:44:39Z")
Miracle Whip and sweet pickle relish. Done and done. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/23 "2014-04-19T22:50:29Z")
Half a cup of mayo 2 tablespoons Miracle Whip Squeeze of lemon juice Pinch of sugar Finely chop together: Three cornichons Three dill pickle chips Tablespoon of capers A green onion or several chives A few fresh tarragon leaves Ditto parsley Mix everything up well, and add a squirt of water if it seems too thick. Add a bit of salt and pepper too. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/24 "2014-04-20T01:06:43Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Miracle Whip and sweet pickle relish. Done and done. Thank you! After reading this thread, I was starting to wonder what the white stuff is I’ve been putting on my fish at every restaurant I’ve ever been to. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/25 "2014-04-20T01:38:44Z")
I’d be willing to bet that every restaurant you’ve ever been to doesn’t use Miracle Whip in their Tartar Sauce. I don’t think I’ve ever had it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/26 "2014-04-22T22:00:42Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Whoosh on you. That’s pretty much the oldest AD&D joke in the history of history. Me, I didn’t know it from AD&D, but I still [got the joke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/27 "2014-04-22T22:03:42Z")
OK, can somebody explain that joke for the idiots like me? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/28 "2014-04-22T22:06:42Z")
Naugahyde is obviously the skin of the wild Nauga, which used to roam these lands freely in the millions until they were cruelly hunted to near extinction to provide couches and chairs for 50s suburbia. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/29 "2014-04-22T23:15:15Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > OK, can somebody explain that joke for the idiots like me? A naga is a snake-like monster in AD&D and a few other games. When you kill one, you ask to skin it. Why? Because you want a naga-hide couch. Note that I didn’t say it was a good joke. Just an old one. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/30 "2014-04-24T21:04:45Z")
I got this recipe from the local newspaper many years ago and it is very good. Morrison’s Tartar Sauce 1 1/4 cups finely chopped cabbage 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1 Tbs. finely chopped green pepper 1 - 8 oz. Jar Dill Pickle Relish 2 cups mayonnaise Drain relish very well, add to vegetables. Mix in equal amount of mayo, about 2 cups. Refrigerate. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/31 "2014-04-24T21:16:07Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > I can honestly say I’m proud of the fact I didn’t know that. Well, I don’t even know what AD&D is, so you’ve got one on me! ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/32 "2014-04-24T22:43:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, I don’t even know what AD&D is, so you’ve got one on me! Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. The posts have hotlinks. Click them! ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/33 "2014-04-24T22:44:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, I thought Hearn was best known for writing **Kwaidan** , which has been filmed: > [Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwaidan:_Stories_and_Studies_of_Strange_Things) > Kwaidan achievement! > Gotta admit, I had no idea he’d written a Creole cookbook. Ummm…with respect…Hearn received and translated tons of old Kaidanshu-- Japanese folk tales, often with themes of ghosts and scary stuff, frequently dotted with Buddhist, Shinto, or other folk morality (much like biblical parables, Aesop’s fables, etcetera). He wasn’t the author, per se. One of the major works included in the book mentioned above was “Hoichi the Earless” an old tale that makes up _Kaidan_, for which Hearn (as noted in the link above) utilized an ancient-Japanese dialectical translation so \*Kwaidan \*would be perceived as an especially old tale. BTW: All of Hearn’s works are available for the Kindle for free. –G! ETA: Touche, Cal. Subtle and well-placed.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/34 "2014-04-24T22:48:25Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > I got this recipe from the local newspaper many years ago and it is very good. > > Morrison’s Tartar Sauce > > 1 1/4 cups finely chopped cabbage > 1/4 cup finely chopped onion > 1 Tbs. finely chopped green pepper > 1 - 8 oz. Jar Dill Pickle Relish > 2 cups mayonnaise > > Drain relish very well, add to vegetables. Mix in equal amount of mayo, about 2 cups. Refrigerate. Am I the only one who thinks this sounds more like coleslaw? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/35 "2014-04-25T03:04:38Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > Ummm…with respect…Hearn received and translated tons of old Kaidanshu-- Japanese folk tales, often with themes of ghosts and scary stuff, frequently dotted with Buddhist, Shinto, or other folk morality (much like biblical parables, Aesop’s fables, etcetera). He wasn’t the author, per se. > > BTW: All of Hearn’s works are available for the Kindle for free. > > –G! > ETA: Touche, Cal. Subtle and well-placed.🆒 With respect, I never said, or even implied, that he made it up. I know he didn’t. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/36 "2014-04-25T03:50:15Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks this sounds more like coleslaw? Yeah, I thought that, too. It’s an interesting idea. It’s like halfway between a tartar sauce and a mayonnaise-based coleslaw. It would never have occurred to me to use cabbage in a tartar sauce but, I suppose, why not? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/37 "2014-04-25T13:31:03Z")
Every time is see this thread title I think “how to make [Tartar Sauce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_Cat) do _what_?” Though of course her name is spelled differently. I notice that none of the recipes contain cream of tartar. Mind you, I’ve never, nor would I ever, eat tartar sauce, but I always assumed it’s name comes from the powder. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/38 "2014-04-25T13:48:00Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Every time is see this thread title I think “how to make [Tartar Sauce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_Cat) do _what_?” Though of course her name is spelled differently. > > I notice that none of the recipes contain cream of tartar. Mind you, I’ve never, nor would I ever, eat tartar sauce, but I always assumed it’s name comes from the powder. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > The sauce has been found in cookbooks since the 19th century. The name derives from the French sauce tartare, named after the Tatars from the Eurasian Steppe, who once occupied Ukraine and parts of Russia. Beyond this, the etymology is unclear.[3] In Europe, the sauce was used as condiment to steak tartare. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469/39 "2014-04-25T18:53:35Z")
It does seem odd to use cabbage in tartar sauce, but it doesn’t make it taste like coleslaw. I think it might be used mostly as a filler. If I get a craving for tartar sauce I just chop up hamburger dill chips, which I always have on hand, and add mayo to them. The restaurant recipe is better, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-tartar-sauce/686469.md?page=1)