Talk:Salade niçoise

Poor Choice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_origin#Cuisine does not distinguish between the "Frenchiness" (foreignness) of the borrowings "pâté" and the borrowed "mustard."MichelleInSanMarcos (talk) 23:51, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

The name for the salad should be empirical -- that is based on what is listed in cookbooks, menus, and restaurant reviews. Sadly, I doubt that anyone publishes such data other than sociolinguists, and I have yet to see such an article. However, the discussion about the name is really a discussion about nativization of cooking terms and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociolinguistics#Covert_prestige! (Nativization is the process by which words get borrowed from another language; however the borrowed word can also be marked as "foreign.") In any event, US cooking terms from France seem largely to stay in French, for the cachet or prestige of it. Note the article title [high-prices-for-haute-cuisine-in-france-this-christmas]. Talk is not for discussion, but for meta-comments on the article. This article could use a link to a well-sourced (yet unwritten) wikipedia article on "Cuisine terms that English-speakers borrow from French" MichelleInSanMarcos (talk) 23:43, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Being someone who's studied cooking directly and indirectly with Guide Michelin chefs I find this page strange to say the least. Neither the picture, nor the description, nor the actual recipe cited have much to do with 'Salade Niçoise'. And for goodness sake it is not 'Niçoise salad' - it is and always will be only 'Salade Niçoise'.

A major rewrite is therefore in order.

--In English, I believe it is "Niçoise salad", NOT "salade Niçoise". 24.69.166.199 (talk) 05:24, 19 January 2009 (UTC) - No - in English it would be "Nice-style salad" or "salad of Nice"

I have been to culinary school as well, and this picture is in no way an example of that type of salad. I agree with the above author, who mentioned that it is Salade Nicoise, not the other way around. That is the least appetizing picture I have seen and not remotely to be translated as a proper salad of this magnitude. I second the rewrite of this article (please change the picture also) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.212.158.18 (talk) 18:24, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Also take out the seared tuna photo!

Pronunciation
This needs one of those IPA pronunciation guides. I've removed the line "Proper pronunciation is nee - swahz" because there's a proper way to describe the pronunciation and that's not it. Anyone know how to do it? James A. Stewart 01:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

The ingredients have been edited accordingly! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Professor Jones III (talk • contribs) 21:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Salade Nicoise ingredients
I am French,and I live in Nice,so I can assure you the ingredients listed in this article are not the actual ones!! Salade nicoise DOES NOT contain green beans,potatoes nor any other "cooked" vegetables.

If you want to make a REAL salade nicoise,you must use these (and only these) ingredients: tomatoes - cucumbers - artichokes - green peppers - onions - basil - garlic - hard boiled eggs - anchovies - black olives (olive oil,salt and pepper of course)

Here is a link to the salade nicoise recipe and to the french wikipedia article. It's in french but easy to understand with a simple dictionnary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.193.115.201 (talk) 15:18, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Obviously Two Salads with the Same/Similar Name
I think the missed concept is that there are at least two salads that are going by the Niçoise name. One is the traditional version with raw vegetables, peppers, artichokes, and no green beans or potatoes, etc. The other is one with blanched Green Beans, and Red Potatoes. Both are called Niçoise.

My guess, being an American, is that the one with Potatoes is an "American" form. In most places in America that serve the salad, you will find potatoes and green beans--in most recipes you search online, you find these too. I cannot speak for Canadian or Australian, or English versions of the Salad. I would suggest rewriting this noting that there are two distinct salads that have the same name--one is an authentic Nice salad, and one is called Niçoise but has potatoes and green beans.

IF anyone can find a source for the potato-version being an American invention, it should be noted as such, and the other as the traditional or authentic version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deaghaidh (talk • contribs) 03:31, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Name of salad
"Salad Niçoise", the current title of the article, is incorrect. This is a French name, and should follow French spelling conventions. In French, the 'n' of 'niçoise' is not capitalized, and the word for salad is 'salade', not 'salad'. Even in English sources, the word "salade" for this dish is usually written with the 'e'. It does seem to be true that the 'n' is usually capitalized, but that is a simple error. The article should be moved to "Salade niçoise". This requires an admin, so I first wanted to check here if there were any objections. --Macrakis (talk) 22:03, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree; regardless of the way that some spell it,the correct spelling is "salade niçoise". Of course, the first letter of the first word should be capitalized.  French language web sites (including Wikipedia) as well are not the only guideline; there are also many informed English language examples.  Having said that, there is a redirect from "Salade niçoise" in place at present.
 * It's almost two years since Macrakis' comment, and I'm surprised that it hasn't been done yet. Aside from the redirect issue, I don't know of any reason for the delay. I don't think I can move the article myself because of the redirect, so I will raise it in "Requested moves". Twistlethrop (talk) 23:21, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 01 February 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian (talk) 21:33, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Salad Niçoise → Salade niçoise – The correct spelling is "salade niçoise", but I'm prevented from moving the article myself by an existing redirect from "Salade nicoise" to "Salad Niçoise" (and it doesn't seem to matter that the title of the redirected article isn't spelled with the ç and is therefore also incorrect). – Twistlethrop (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * That would be correct for French; in English it's more conventional to capitalize Nicoise for Nice, and not unuusal to use Salad instead of Salade. See n-grams.  Dicklyon (talk) 04:45, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I feel like either Niçoise should go before salad or we can bite the bullet and just move as proposed. Red Slash 00:14, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose use Nicoise salad instead, since this is served in English-speaking localities, and it is "Nicoise", and this should not use French name order -- 65.94.40.137 (talk) 05:49, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support oppose, Nicoise salad is perfectly fine 76.120.164.90 (talk) 13:51, 4 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support Looking in the English subset of Google ngrams, it is clear that the syntax "salade nicoise" is far more common than "nicoise salad". WP is not about what we like or what order English "should" use, but what order English actually uses. --Macrakis (talk) 02:49, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose, because ' reasoning indicates the title should be Salade nicoise (Google ngrams), which I would support, per the "what English actually uses" logic.--В²C ☎ 17:00, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * This is actually a support since WP:FRMOS requires ç, and wikipedia consistently uses ç for all French and anglo-French terms. No one is arguing for diacritics removal on en.wp any more. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:56, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not arguing for diacritics removal - I'm arguing for following usage in English reliable sources. That happens to mean diacritic removal in this case.  --В²C ☎ 00:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually WP:FRMOS does not require ç, this is controversial. It requires the accents for proper names, but that does not apply here. Andrewa (talk) 18:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support WP articles for other examples of French dishes, and the List of French dishes, show a definite (if not universal) consistency in word order and use of accents that reflects the original name in the French language: Coq au vin, Crème brûlée and other dishes, like this one, may be commonly found in English with no translation. It's not known as "Nice salad".  I don't believe that English writers invariably use the unaccented spelling, but it's clear which one English speakers use. The article should use "niçoise" because it reflects the English speaking pronunciation. It's never "nicoise".    Even though there are various other versions used in some quarters, WP shouldn't trade off encyclopedic accuracy for their sake.  There's already an established way of including alternative spellings and names, etc, in the introductory paragraph of the article.Twistlethrop (talk) 18:05, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per English and French usage. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:54, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support English usage tends to follow French usage regarding French cuisine. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  00:31, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Support move and also removal of the accent, this is consistent with the MOS (see my comment above) and conforms best to WP:AT. Andrewa (talk) 18:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the pointer to the MOS, Andrewa. I've read and re-read it, but can only see support for use of the ç.  Using "...  the most common form of the name or expression used in English" has problems; we might research the most common form and come up with different results, but wouldn't some usage be caused by the difficulty some have in producing accented characters such as ç?  I'd come down on the side of the part that reads "French ... expressions should respect the use of accents and ligatures in French".  The unaccented spelling may be dealt with as mentioned in the MOS.Twistlethrop (talk) 21:46, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmmmm... I see your point, I had misread the MOS. Andrewa (talk) 05:42, 11 February 2015 (UTC)


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Salade and salad in captions
The caption to the first picture says "A traditional salade niçoise", but the caption to the second picture says "A non-traditional salad niçoise". Is the omission of the e deliberate? MPS1992 (talk) 23:18, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

✅ Cullen328  Let's discuss it  20:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Artichokes as "raw ingredients"
The inclusion of artichoke hearts in the list of common raw ingredients seems out of place. I don't believe that artichokes are normally eaten raw. They are always cooked in some manner. Canned or jarred artichoke hearts have been processed and that includes some type of cooking. Ksbooth (talk) 22:13, 6 July 2023 (UTC)