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The story behind Caesar salad

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102 points Bluestein | 5 comments | 04 Jul 25 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.916s | source
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werdnapk ◴[04 Jul 25 22:28 UTC] No.44468430[source]▶
Once I started making my own Caesar salad dressing at home, Caesar salads for me at home went from meh to unbelievable... basically what you'd get at a nice restaurant. So make your own dressing and never buy the bottled stuff... it's so worth it.

I also add fresh cooked bacon (NEVER bacon bits) and capers.

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1. randycupertino ◴[04 Jul 25 22:51 UTC] No.44468595[source]▶
I'll pop my all-time best Caesar dressing recipe here, from cajun Chef Jack Chaplin (RIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7qYaMgMtA

Yours sounds great with bacon and capers btw!

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2. Bluestein ◴[04 Jul 25 23:02 UTC] No.44468667[source]▶
Anchovies also a fav :)
3. tptacek ◴[04 Jul 25 23:31 UTC] No.44468855[source]▶
That is a wild amount of raw garlic to add to a salad.
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4. randycupertino ◴[05 Jul 25 01:27 UTC] No.44469408[source]▶
I also can't believe how he chops it up with the fork. That was giving me so much anxiety. Use a garlic press, chef!!
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5. tptacek ◴[05 Jul 25 05:28 UTC] No.44470279{3}[source]▶
And like 9 egg yolks. I see stuff like this and think about Dave Arnold experimenting and finding that you can emulsify like an oil drum of grapeseed with a single egg.