Prawn cocktail
Encyclopedia
Prawn cocktail is a seafood
dish
consisting of "shelled prawn
s in mayonnaise and tomato dressing
, served in a glass". It was the most popular hors d'œuvre in Great Britain
in the 1970s.
Seafood
Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs , crustaceans , echinoderms . Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia...
dish
Dish (food)
A dish in gastronomy is a specific food preparation, a "distinct article or variety of food", with cooking finished, and ready to eat, or be served.A "dish" may be served on dishware, or may be eaten out of hand; but breads are generally not called "dishes"....
consisting of "shelled prawn
Prawn
Prawns are decapod crustaceans of the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. There are 540 extant species, in seven families, and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian...
s in mayonnaise and tomato dressing
Marie Rose sauce
Marie Rose sauce is a British condiment made from a blend of ketchup and mayonnaise, although it can have other ingredients as well...
, served in a glass". It was the most popular hors d'œuvre in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
in the 1970s.