Originally Posted by braslvr

I've always considered Canada more/less the authority on Caesar salad. At least out west. From the 70s to present they were/are far more widely available and overall much tastier than in the US. (many restaurants serve only Caesar salad as the salad choice) Only in the past 10 years has the US started to catch up. I've eaten dozens and dozens of them in Canada and never seen bacon, mushrooms, or anything else weird on them - yet. I also don't recall ever seeing anchovies separately on the salad, but the flavor is normally very pronounced in the dressing.

The dressing recipe I use comes from Canada and has lots of anchovy.