RCIR Beef Salad surprise

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Woodland
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RCIR Beef Salad surprise

Post by Woodland » Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:30 am

Being lazy today I didn't cook. I grabbed a Beef Salad entree from a Menu 14 RCIR. I have had Beef Salad before and I liked it. Lots of tomato sauce and tasty beef...that's why I saved this entree. I didn't read the ingredients I thought it's the same dish.
It is not :)

First one looked like this:
RCIR Menu 14 Beef Salad 2.JPG
RCIR Menu 14 Beef Salad 1.JPG
Today I had this one:
Looked much like the "Pork Salad" entree I also had last year or so.
PC250063.JPG
It wasn't bad. A bit oily and not spicy at all. The flavor of veggies were dominant and the beef was nice. I would give it 3 points of 5.The "old" version was definitely better in my opinion. I ate it cold and I didn't use the salt and pepper this time. Heating it and adding salt and pepper would have improved it...

Ingredients:

Old one:
RCIR Menu 14 Beef Salad 3.JPG
"New" one:
PC250061.JPG
I don't speak French.Who can help me?Is there a difference between "Boeuf en Salade" and "Boeuf Salad"?
Last edited by Woodland on Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:48 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: RCIR Beef Salad surprise

Post by Woodland » Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:44 am

Here are the two boxes:

First one. Best before April 02, 2013:
menu14.jpg
Second one.Best before Mai 16, 2014:
PB170057.JPG
One more question. When are the menus changed? Is there a special date when they change the menus?

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Re: RCIR Beef Salad surprise

Post by Apocalypse » Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:03 pm

My french speaking co-worker indicates exactly what you have discovered: Salade alone means "chopped" whereas En Salade means "in a salad".
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Re: RCIR Beef Salad surprise

Post by Woodland » Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:05 pm

Thank You Apocalypse.
It was misleading because on the menu list "Boeuf en Salade" is written on both boxes.

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Re: RCIR Beef Salad surprise

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