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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.
by fracus 1y ago
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.
- SoftTalker 1y agoI really don't care for caesar salad. I like a simple salad with oil and vinegar, and some fresh ground pepper.
- katbyte 1y agoThere are different kinds - the one I make is primarily oil raw egg lemon
- giraffe_lady 1y agoYou just have to go to any place where dairy isn't part of the typical diet and people don't usually like either on first exposure. Cheese is an acquired taste for sure, we just live in a place where nearly everyone has acquired it. Not a global norm, however.
- hn_throwaway_99 1y agoI 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.
- LambdaComplex 1y agoAgreed. 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.
- malnourish 1y agoSure, that's true at bad American restaurants. There are many great salads to be found in America.
- vel0city 1y agoNever 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.
- giardini 1y agovel0city says "* Three-bean salad? Fruid salad? Ambrosia *" Got me at the "fruid salad: searched for it but found only "Freud" which sounded distinctly unappetizing.
- bryanmgreen 1y agoI make my Caesar with kale and arugula, shave broccoli with a peeler then roast them, and add pine nuts plus roasted garlic lemon chickpeas in addition to croutons for even more and healthier crunch. It’s also delicious with just oil.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoSo not Caesar salad then.
- nkrisc 1y agoThat sounds like a delicious salad that is not a Caesar salad.
- asdfasvea 1y ago..and blackjack and hookers. In fact forget the salad.
- windowsrookie 1y agoThis is exactly why I love Cesar salads. I have always disliked vegetables, trying many times in my life to eat them more because that's what health "experts" say we need to do. I don't like vegetables fresh, I don't like them grilled, I don't like them stewed. Cover them in Cesar dressing tho and I can eat an extra large salad (hopefully with some protein too).
- shigawire 1y ago>because that's what health "experts" say we need to do. You remain unconvinced that vegetables are good for you?
- jajko 1y agoIts not health "experts" but literally whole nutrition science, or science in general. Its like saying "experts" claim evolution, but I know better. Jeez, I know this is predominantly US forum which is a place with its own fucked up nutrition and general eating problems that whole world sees, but this? You simply have some (easy to dispose of if actually tried) mental barriers when food needs to be salty, greasy, sweet etc. and rest is untolerable, and salads are a rabbit food (or variant of these, heard it many times in many cultures). This all can be unlearned and new things learned, human mind is not that complex and can be molded like clay with a tiny bit of resolve, it doesn't even take a long time.
- amanaplanacanal 1y agoNutrition science is a cesspool. We know there are essential vitamins, amino acids, and fatty acids, beyond that it's all "well, we asked people what they ate and tried to match it with some health outcomes." Bodies are complex, determining causation is hard, and we are mostly not there yet.
- giardini 1y agoAnything with fruit and nuts in it isn't a salad (and is certainly not an American salad).
- hn_throwaway_99 1y agoOK salad gatekeeper. So I'm guessing you've never had a spinach salad, which is nearly always prepared with something like slivered almonds or walnuts and a slightly tart fruit like strawberries or sliced apples?
- giardini 1y agoMy feelings (and digestive outcome) of such salads: "You shall not pass!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bReJswiMGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bReJswiMGM
- shrubhub 1y agoThat's an incredibly American take IMO. Pizza is loved worldwide... Caesar salad?! Where are the famous Caesar salad global chains? I don't think it's much of a thing in Europe, at least.
- jbaber 1y agoMaybe not margheritta pizza. But every culture that makes bread has a flatbread with topping and spices popped in the oven dish.
- whycome 1y agoOkay then every culture eats some leaves with spices mixed in.
- Bluestein 1y ago(In fact I believe it was archaeologically found to exist in some or another form for the longest time ...)
- jajko 1y agoDefinitely not every culture, far from it. You should probably actually travel a bit more.
- skyyler 1y agoThat was clearly a generalisation. Since you’ve travelled enough to have a greater understanding, could you share with us your knowledge of a culture that makes flatbread but doesn’t put stuff on top of it? Where is that culture? What is their flatbread called?
- justsomehnguy 1y ago> of a culture that makes flatbread but doesn’t put stuff on top of it Imeretian (Imeruli) khachapuri Because it's in it, heh! And BTW adjarian khachapuri is technically a pizza too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachapuri#Types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachapuri#Types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%...
- munch117 1y agoIt is precisely a salad for people who don't generally eat salads. The big uncut leaves are suited for slow nibbling of token amounts of salad. Croutons are recognizable from a distance as a non vegetable ingredient, making it attractive to someone who'd rather not eat vegetables at all. To me they're just stale bread.
- MangoToupe 1y agoI'd think that peoples' main objection to salad is the uncooked veggies, which isn't addressed at all with caesar salad. I don't generally trust raw vegetables to not make me sick. Especially in the US. > The big uncut leaves are suited for slow nibbling of token amounts of salad. What does this sentence even mean?
- malnourish 1y agoRaw vegetables make you ill?
- MangoToupe 1y agoI'm sorry, what's confusing about this take? All raw produce has the risk of infectious disease. Have you seriously never heard of food-born illness? Here's one example: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/07/03/blueberry-recall-listeria-fda/84457556007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/07/03/blueber... Basically anything you put into a salad is better off in a soup or stew, or heavily treated with such low-ph liquid (e.g. salsa, pickled veggies, etc) as to remove the risk. If it isn't suited for canning, I'm not going to eat it. Perhaps in a country with better-regulated food production it would seem more reasonable.
- CrazyStat 1y agoThere were 19 deaths in the US blamed on food-borne illnesses from leafy green vegetables in the 40 years from 1973 to 2012 [1]. If you’re avoiding salad out of safety concerns I hope you never go anywhere near any motorized vehicle. If it’s an excuse not to eat salads because you don’t like them then fine, but maybe just own your food preferences instead of grossly exaggerating the dangers. [1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4591532/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4591532/
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- jibal 1y agoNot even close.
- MangoToupe 1y agoI think people just like cheese.