Despite the widespread popularity in Russia and Ukraine, the basic mixed salad recipes were adopted from Western European cuisines as late as the 19th century.[5] Originally, the term vinegret denoted any mixture of diced cooked vegetables dressed with vinegar.[2] Later the meaning changed to any mixed salad with beetroots.[3] Modern Russian and Ukrainian cookbooks still mention the possibility of adding mushrooms, meat or fish,[2][4][5] but this is rarely practised.