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The story behind Caesar salad

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fracus ◴[] No.44469615[source]
It casts the same spell as pizza. You'd have a hard time finding someone who doesn't really enjoy it. It even works on people who don't generally like salads.
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1. shrubhub ◴[] No.44471118[source]
That's an incredibly American take IMO. Pizza is loved worldwide... Caesar salad?! Where are the famous Caesar salad global chains? I don't think it's much of a thing in Europe, at least.
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2. jbaber ◴[] No.44471952[source]
Maybe not margheritta pizza. But every culture that makes bread has a flatbread with topping and spices popped in the oven dish.
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3. spacechild1 ◴[] No.44472268[source]
Yeah, I don't think I have eaten a single Caesar Salad in my whole life.
4. whycome ◴[] No.44472557[source]
Okay then every culture eats some leaves with spices mixed in.
5. Bluestein ◴[] No.44472608[source]
(In fact I believe it was archaeologically found to exist in some or another form for the longest time ...)
6. iamben ◴[] No.44472686[source]
I don't think that was the point the comment was trying to make. Like - it's easy to stand on a street corner and eat a slice of pizza (or grab one and run!), it's much harder to eat dressed leaves.

I read their point as being: the first time you try pizza you're like "this is delicious and amazing." The first time you try Caesar salad it lights you up in the same magical way.

I could be wrong of course - but that definitely fits my own experience. The first time I had a chicken CS as a kid in a restaurant, it was all I wanted to eat every time we went out for months afterwards. I genuinely couldn't believe 'salad' could be so delicious.

7. jajko ◴[] No.44473086[source]
Definitely not every culture, far from it. You should probably actually travel a bit more.
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8. skyyler ◴[] No.44473212{3}[source]
That was clearly a generalisation.

Since you’ve travelled enough to have a greater understanding, could you share with us your knowledge of a culture that makes flatbread but doesn’t put stuff on top of it? Where is that culture? What is their flatbread called?

9. sleepyguy ◴[] No.44473261[source]
Have one almost every day from Tesco in Prague. Sometimes they sell out before I can get one. Where do you live?