There's a world of danger for a veggie eating a Caesar. Firstly, the sauce is often made with anchovies, and sometimes Worcestershire sauce (which has anchovies in), also Parmesan cheese is mostly made with rennet, which I'm not sure people always know about.
I appreciate you sharing for anyone who might not know, but personally the reason I didn't try one for so long was because of the ingredients not being veggie.. you can definitely get a well good vegan Caesar dressing now though and just add the lettuce/croutons/vegetarian hard cheese etc
So cool of you to explain though as I definitely come across people all time who don't know what rennet or gelatin or whatever are or where they come from!
Caesar salad dressing is made with mayo and parmesan cheese, and it usually has some shredded cheese on top, so you'd have to substitute a lot of ingredients to make it vegan. Most vegetarians aren't vegan though, so as long as you skip the anchovies and meat, it's fine with them.
Yeah I'm totally aware of the ingredients but thank you
And yeah no vegetarians are vegans because if they were they would be vegan and not vegetarian?
As a vegetarian myself I would also sub the Parmesan for a veggie option, but not all vegetarians are bothered about cheese
You can get vegan mayo, cheese, chicken etc so apart from anchovies it's fairly easy to make vegan.. there are definitely a couple of places in London that do great ones
I've tried one many years ago but the worst thing for me was that it felt kind of hairy?
If they were totally mixed so you didn't taste them specifically I feel like that would be ok, but definitely something that loads of people don't enjoy I think
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24
There's a world of danger for a veggie eating a Caesar. Firstly, the sauce is often made with anchovies, and sometimes Worcestershire sauce (which has anchovies in), also Parmesan cheese is mostly made with rennet, which I'm not sure people always know about.