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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 52 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm here to ruin the joke: both the Russian and German word for "Emperor" are "named after" Caesar (Czar and Kaiser).

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And the salad after Caesar Cardini (Italian immigrant running a restaurant in Tijuana in 1924).

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Who was named after Gaius Julius Caesar in one way or another, though.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Technically Sextus, no?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wait until you learn about where the name of the month of July came from.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's not named after Julius Cesar, though.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Your spelling of Cesar betrays french autocorrect, yet your name German/Alpine. So I'm guessing Swiss?

[–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Poepleguessr

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, but after his adopted son

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Who coincidentally liked to call himself "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus" later in his life.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Subtility didn't run deep in this family.

"Subtlety is my middle name. And also my first and last name in case they miss the point.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Julie Andrews, close though

I wasn't aware you could get a diploma in yodelling

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I learned recently that Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico.

Yup, at a hotel restaurant that ran out of ingredients during the dinner rush. Kitchen was like

well fuck… Okay, the manager ran to the store but it’ll take him like 15 more minutes to get back. We have an entire floor full of hungry patrons in the meantime. What do we have left? We have some lettuce, anchovies, olive oil, Worcestershire, some lemons, mustard, and a fucking block of Parmesan cheese… Oh I guess we also have some stale bread we could toast… What can we make with this?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Caesar Cardini rolls in his grave again

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

He recently had ball bearings installed. So much smoother now!

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

And a code cipher

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Pückler Eis sucks tho

How about the Earl of Sandwich. That rocks

[–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

With the capitalisation as it is it sounds like Gardening Fürst Pückler was an expert on modern landscape, and I respect that 🤗.

It is a good salad though

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t get the first one

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

Simon Bolivar & Bolivia?

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

You forgot the smoothies

Justinian be like:

SO YOV ARE MAD BECAVSE THEY NAMED A SALAD AFTER YOV?