Caesar & his favorite salad!

Caesar salad is one of the ubiquitous entries on menus of all type – from India to French Guyana. Some restaurants have juxtaposed the menu details with the picture of Julius Caesar, the legendary Egyptian monarch. So, did Caesar binged on this healthy salad? Does this point to a health conscious Egypt even in the middle of myriad wars?

But, nothing can be further from truth – and the same goes with Salad and Julius Caesar

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Caesar salad owes its birth and healthy reputation to Caesar Cardinim, a restaurant owner in Mexico who invented the salad back in 1924.

So, here you go – Next time, when you are gorging on Caesar’s Salad, think of Mexico and not Egypt..

Happy Salading…