White Russian (cocktail) Kournikova (named after the tennis player, made with skimmed milk, i.e. a "skinny, low-fat" White Russian), a White Cuban (made with rum instead of vodka), or a Dirty Russian (made with chocolate milk instead of cream). White Russian (cocktail) A White Russian is a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur (e.g., Kahlúa or Tia Maria), and cream served with ice in an Old Fashioned glass. Often milk will be used as an alternative to cream. The traditional cocktail known as a Black Russian, which first appeared in 1949, becomes a White Russian with the addition of cream. Neither drink is
Prawn cocktail, steak and Black Forest gateau by steak and 'all the trimmings', to be topped off with a liberal helping of Black Forest gâteau". Prawn cocktail, steak and Black Forest gateau Prawn cocktail, steak garni with chips, and Black Forest gâteau was, according to a survey by trade magazine "Caterer and Hotelkeeper", the most popular dinner menu in British restaurants in the 1980s. It was especially associated with the Berni Inn chain which popularised mass-market dining out after the end of food rationing in Britain, following the Second World War. "The Prawn Cocktail Years", by Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham, called this meal the Great British