Caesar salad was invented in Mexico, but the basic message here remains true
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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It was an Italian immigrant, though.
We need one more twist to make this a truly great factoid.
That immigrant's name? Caesar Mario, father of the Mario Brothers of Mushroom Kingdom fame.
In the traditional way to cook it, it's important to start with a chick stabbing the chicken in the back.
Got em ... because that Italian immigrant most likely had 0.00000000000000000001% DNA relation to Julius Caesar
He was probably also 1/32nds Cherokee too
The salad is 100% caesar tho
And that's what matters according to the meme. The guy doesn't matter, the idea does. Thanks for reminding us of the true spirit of the meme!
Wrong. 50% salad, 50% Ceaser
It would be way cooler to just say that he was a descendant of Julius Caesar than to say he has insert small number here amount of his dna
This meme explained: Cut your vegetables like you cut a Caesar.
Nha, you just have to gain the chicken's trust and the stab it on the back.
How I imagine his personality based on the story about how Caesar trolled pirates who held him for ransom, I bet Caesar would get a kick out of this meme.
But first he would have to learn meme culture . Like i have to learb who caesar is can someone give a tldr i would love to know.
Julius Caesar was a Roman emperor who is famous for being betrayed by his council (and possibly son depending how much your read into suetonius's 12 Caesars) and stabbed in the back by like 20 people at the same time. the salad pictured is called a Caesar salad, but it wasnt invented by Julius Caesar it's just commonly attributed to him in meme culture as a joke.
Thank you.
The two answers here are pretty bad, so here's my take as a history nerd.
Gaius Julius Caesar was a highly ambitious Roman politician who through very clever political manoeuvering and incredible military success (considered a military genius) forged a path to almost complete power after winning the civil war and beating the opposing senators, spearheaded by Pompey and Cato. After becoming dictator for life, he was assassinated on the ides of March (the 15th) in 44BC by a group of opposing senators, which included his adopted son Brutus (daughter of his long time lover Cornelia). After the assassination Rome again fell into civil war, with Gaius Julius Octavianus eventually becoming the first Roman emperor, now usually known as emperor Augustus.
Caesar was never an emperor, but the word emperor in many languages is directly based on Caesars name. For example: czar in Russian, kaiser in German and keizer in Dutch.
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Ave Caesar!
Fun fact: the ceasar salad was invented in Tijuana in the 1920s?
And The salad has, in turn, killed many (romaine lettuce prone to bacteria)
I suspect Caesar the guy had more people killed than Caesar salads but I admit I do not have proof.
Fun fact: The Caesar salad was created in Mexico from what I knew.
Ironically, after a bunch of salad ingredients had gone bad and the head chef had to scramble for a menu, if I recall the story correctly.
Can't see a Caesar and not want a Caesar
That's the one with fish juice right?
What'd you say about my ex wife?
This is my Roman Empire
I’ve been playing Expeditions Rome and the pronunciation of the Roman names is quite interesting.
Yah, because salad is Latin for salted vegetables.