8 Foods That Don't Come From Where You Think

You probably haven't even given a second thought as to where this fishy salad comes from. But if you were put into the baffling position of having a gun put to your head and forced to make a guess on the spot as to the origin of the Caesar Salad 9/10 people would say Italy. The 1/10 are those who refuse to talk and are summarily executed.

It makes sense to associate the Caesar with Italy as this is the home of the world's second most famous Caesar, Julius. The Salad's origins can indeed be found in the Latin world, just the Latin American world.

Caesar Cardini an Italian immigrant working in 1920's Mexico is the man credited for inventing the dish, so yes it was an Italian just not in Italy. He was working in Tijuana at the time in his restaurant when the establishment experienced a busy weekend (This was July 4th right across the US border during prohibition so take a guess as to the reason for the influx) running short on supplies Caesar created the eponymous salad, it was a instant success.

The original salad's components are more or less the same as today but Caesar's daughter claims the original salad did NOT contain anchovies. So that's another debate settled.