[Sca-cooks] Caesar salad

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Huette von Ahrens:
>According to the Oxford Companion to Food, Caesar
>Salad was invented by Caesar Cardini in Tijuana,
>Mexico in 1924.  The original six ingredients
>were:  romainne lettuce, garlic, olive oil,
>croutons, parmesan cheese and Worchestershire
>sauce.  Anchovy was added later and without
>Cardini's approval, as he thought the anchovy
>from the Worchestershire sauce was sufficient.

That part is true: the anchovy was added by Caesar's brother Alex (as 
well as the first named version, "Aviator's Salad"). Does the Oxford 
Companion not mention the coddled egg or lemon? Most sources seem to 
agree that they were there from the get-go, so the concept of the 
"six original ingredients" may be a contradiction in terms.

Adamantius