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The story behind Caesar salad

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130 points Bluestein | 6 comments | 04 Jul 25 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.815s | source | bottom
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fracus ◴[05 Jul 25 02:16 UTC] 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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shrubhub ◴[05 Jul 25 08:37 UTC] 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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1. jbaber ◴[05 Jul 25 11:23 UTC] 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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2. whycome ◴[05 Jul 25 13:07 UTC] No.44472557[source]▶
Okay then every culture eats some leaves with spices mixed in.
3. Bluestein ◴[05 Jul 25 13:16 UTC] No.44472608[source]▶
(In fact I believe it was archaeologically found to exist in some or another form for the longest time ...)
4. jajko ◴[05 Jul 25 14:36 UTC] No.44473086[source]▶
Definitely not every culture, far from it. You should probably actually travel a bit more.
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5. skyyler ◴[05 Jul 25 14:58 UTC] No.44473212[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?

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6. justsomehnguy ◴[05 Jul 25 18:01 UTC] No.44474401{3}[source]▶
> of a culture that makes flatbread but doesn’t put stuff on top of it

Imeretian (Imeruli) khachapuri

Because it's in it, heh!

And BTW adjarian khachapuri is technically a pizza too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachapuri#Types

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%...