2024-07-15 12:18:41
His success story began as a leftover food in Tijuana, Mexico.
It is probably the most famous salad in the world: the Caesar salad. Even ChatGPT answered that when you asked artificial intelligence about it.
Crisp, hearty, creamy: This culinary classic, which is on the menu in almost every country in the world, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month!
Caesar salad originated in Mexico
According to historians, Italian chef and restaurateur Cesare Cardini first made Caesar salad on July 4, 1924, when Americans celebrated Independence Day with beer at his Café Alhambra in Tijuana, Mexico.
A Caesar restaurant employee prepares a Caesar salad for a guest at the table
Because there was no alcohol in the United States during Prohibition from 1920 to 1933, many Americans came to towns near the border to consume it. And with alcohol comes hunger…
At first improvised food scraps
It has been said that Cesare Cardini was not prepared for many people and that he improved. So, according to the legend, he threw everything he found in the kitchen (ten ingredients in total) into a large wooden bowl. And the Caesar Salad was born.
A bronze statue of Italian immigrant Cesare Cardini holding a bowl of salad greets guests in front of Caesar’s hotel and restaurant.
The basic ingredients are always the same
It still exists today – 100 years later Salad in “Caesar’s Food” in Tijuana still the same way: prepared in a wooden bowl directly at the guests’ table
The ten ingredients for a classic Caesar salad are: romaine lettuce in olive oil with salt, pepper, yolks from eggs left for a minute, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and garlic as well as crostini / croutons and parmesan cheese.
The original Caesar salad is still served in Mexico today
Serve differently in many countries
Each culture adapts the salad a little as a dish to suit its own taste: in Spain it is eaten with shrimp, among other things, in Japan we use rice wine for the sauce and in Africa they use local leaf lettuce instead of romaine lettuce like us. do it here.
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In many countries, the salad is often served with chicken breast fillet, and increasingly with anchovies, avocado or bacon.
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