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[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Caesar salad was invented in Mexico, but the basic message here remains true

[-] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 26 points 8 months ago

It was an Italian immigrant, though.

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In the traditional way to cook it, it's important to start with a chick stabbing the chicken in the back.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

Got em ... because that Italian immigrant most likely had 0.00000000000000000001% DNA relation to Julius Caesar

He was probably also 1/32nds Cherokee too

[-] WayTooDank@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

The salad is 100% caesar tho

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

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!

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

Wrong. 50% salad, 50% Ceaser

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

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

[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago

This meme explained: Cut your vegetables like you cut a Caesar.

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nha, you just have to gain the chicken's trust and the stab it on the back.

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago
[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

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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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

Ave Caesar!

[-] elooto@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

Fun fact: the ceasar salad was invented in Tijuana in the 1920s?

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

And The salad has, in turn, killed many (romaine lettuce prone to bacteria)

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

I suspect Caesar the guy had more people killed than Caesar salads but I admit I do not have proof.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Fun fact: The Caesar salad was created in Mexico from what I knew.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Can't see a Caesar and not want a Caesar

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

That's the one with fish juice right?

[-] NoFun4You@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

What'd you say about my ex wife?

[-] Casey_Masterpiece@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

This is my Roman Empire

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I’ve been playing Expeditions Rome and the pronunciation of the Roman names is quite interesting.

[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Yah, because salad is Latin for salted vegetables.

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