Nice has a distinct culture due to its unique history. The local language Niard (Nissart) is an Occitan one, still spoken by a minority and there as well as Occitan. Strong Italian and (less) Corsican influences make it less unintelligible than other non-extinct Provenal dialects that exist around. Local food culture, which includes pissaladire, a pie with onions and anchovies paste; socca, a kind of pancake made from chickpea flour; bouillabaisse and fish soup; "Stockfish" (traditionally prounounced as "Stoquefiche" (French spelling) with special emphasis on the first "e"), farcis, vegetables stuffed with breadcrumbs; and salade nioise, a tomato salad with green peppers of the "Corne" breed, baked eggs, tuna or anchovies, and olives.