On 1/10/2011 8:29 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
>
>> A lot of recipes seem to approach Russian Dressing, which by the way
>> is not bad as a cocktail sauce, especially if the hotness is increased
>> some. Here's the "Joy of Cooking" recipe:
>>
>> 1 cup mayonnaise
>> 1 tab grated horse radish
>> 1/4 cup chili sauce or ketchup
>> 1 tsp grated onion
>> 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
>>
>> I think the "chili sauce" referred to can't be Tabasco and the JOC
>> suggests adding
>> 3 tabs of caviar, something I never have to hand :-(
>
> Dang, you need to stock up your pantry.
> That recipe sounds more like tartar sauce to me. Not that there's
> anything wrong with that, but it doesn't sound like what I think
> of as cocktail sauce.

That's because it's a recipe for russian dressing.

> I only use cocktail sauce when I bring shrimp to holiday dinners,
> so I buy my favorite brand, Kelchner's. Very tasty and you know
> it's got horseradish in it.
>

I used it with fried shrimp too.
> nancy


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