Wow, I never knew there was that much history behind the caesar salad. Goes to show that popular wisdom is not always the correct portrayal of something.

Bottom line, it still tasted good!

Ryan

There is actually some controversy as to this:
“Caesar dressing… which some of you may not know, traditionally has anchovies and egg yolk in it”

at least insofar as the anchovy is concerned. I did some research on the subject for a post about “authentic” Caesar salad a few months back on my blog and discovered the the anchovies may have actually been part of a different (“Avaitor’s”) salad, created by the brother of the Caesar Cardini (generally credited with inventing Caesar salad). Also, I feel reasonably confident in saying that the “traditional” salad, as it was in Mexico, probably used limes instead of lemons. The inclusion of both lemons and anchovies in the modern “traditional” version is in part due to the rendition Julia Child wrote about after speaking with Caesar Cardini’s granddaughter.

http://www.imafoodblog.com/index.php/2009/02/16/what-is-caesar-salad-where-is-it-from

Like you both, these ingredients were very new to me and I really feel like I learned a lot from this battle.

Thanks for the challenge and good luck!