[Sca-cooks] Ceasar Salads, was Valentine's Day dinner.

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

 The salad dressing was good, but I was disappointed that the greens were
limited to
>>iceberg lettuce.
Brighid

Hmmm. Classically, Caesar (actually I believe the man for whom it is
named spelled it "Cesare") salad is made with Romaine, and no other
greens, unless you count the garlic in the dressing.

Adamantius


Something has recently struck me about Ceasar salads.  I like them, I make
them well, I even like the addition of anchovies or anchovy paste for the
flavor they bring.  However, I am afraid that this once-often spurned dish
has gone the way of too many foods into the popular lexicon.  Take Wendy's,
for example.  They recently came out with a line of sandwiches (not a
salad), with the term 'Ceasar' in the title.  However, they are so far from
a ceasar salad that I'm not sure what they think that means anymore.  The
one I recall was a southwestern chicken ceasar sandwich, the only 'ceasar'
thing about it seems to be the inclusion of (I think) romaine lettuce on top
of the chicken, chili, beans, yellow cheese and white bread sandwich.  There
may be something like a 'creamy ceasar' dressing on the bread, which is
another rabid departure from the original dressing, being more like a ranch
with some parmesean in it.
Has anyone else noticed this trend?  I remember very well lots of folks not
liking Ceasar, it being the less-often chosen item on the menu.  Now, it
seems to be relegated to the iceberg and creamy-ranch imitations, and from
there bastardized further to mean "it contains lettuce, maybe even romaine
if you're lucky".
Christianna
shaking my head and feeling like a snob...