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The story behind Caesar salad

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129 points Bluestein | 3 comments | 04 Jul 25 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.604s | 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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hn_throwaway_99 ◴[05 Jul 25 05:51 UTC] No.44470364[source]▶
I don't like it. I like salads that have tasty, fresh, delicious vegetables (and often fruits and/or nuts) where the dressing just adds some pizazz and tartness.

To me caesar salad is just dressing where the lettuce is only there to act as scaffolding.

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LambdaComplex ◴[05 Jul 25 08:03 UTC] No.44470947[source]▶
Agreed. The things with "salad" in the name that I've gotten at Mediterranean restaurants have been delicious combinations of multiple ingredients. The things with "salad" in the name that I've gotten at American restaurants have been bowls of lettuce with a few other things thrown in.
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1. vel0city ◴[05 Jul 25 15:45 UTC] No.44473534[source]▶
Never had potato salad? Carrot salad? Pasta salad? Egg salad? Three-bean salad? Fruit salad? Ambrosia salad? Barley salad? Corn salad? Pimento cheese salad?

I've had all of these served in restaurants in the US serving "American" food.

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2. giardini ◴[05 Jul 25 15:59 UTC] No.44473622[source]▶
vel0city says "* Three-bean salad? Fruid salad? Ambrosia *"

Got me at the "fruid salad: searched for it but found only "Freud" which sounded distinctly unappetizing.

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3. vel0city ◴[05 Jul 25 16:00 UTC] No.44473627[source]▶
Haha yes typo, my bad. Just edited, fruit salad.