Initially, the Frenchman did not invent a salad, but a dish called "Mayonnaise from Poultry". For this gourmet recipe, fillets of grouse and partridges were boiled, cut, and laid out on a dish alternately with jelly cubes of poultry broth. Boiled crayfish tails and veal tongue slices were placed next to these and flavoured with Provencal sauce.