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The story behind Caesar salad

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130 points Bluestein | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source
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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. iamben ◴[05 Jul 25 13:30 UTC] 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.