[Sca-cooks] Oops!

[John Kemker]

The original Caesar Salad has Worcestershire Sauce in the dressing, 
which contains anchovies to get the fishy tang.  Others use the 
anchovies directly.

For several versions of the history of Caesar Salad, see these links:

http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/CaesarSalad.htm
http://www.culinaryarts.com/Recipes/recipefiles/Caesar.htm for another
http://www.foodreference.com/html/artcaesarsalad.html
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SaladHistory.htm

Stefan li Rous wrote:

>  Selene Colfox commented:
>
>> Drakey reported:
>> > I've added thai fish sauce instead of vinegar to a salad dressing
>> > once...
>> > Salty, fishy salad... Yumbo :(
>>
>> Maybe I'm just weird but that sounds really good to me.  Could be an
>> alternate method for the anchovy in Cesar Salad.
>
> Stefan's ears perk up. Anchovies? Is Cesar Salad supposed to have 
> anchovy in it? Or is this an addition you've made? I may have to keep 
> this in mind, although I'm thinking I may have tried this before. Do 
> you just drape the salad with a few of the anchovies or something 
> else? Mix them in the salad dressing, for instance?
> Stefan
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