Caesar

To make a salt rim, first cut a lime in half. Then rub the outside of the glass with the open face of the lime. Roll the glass over a flat surface with salt.

In Canada, sometimes beef steak spices are added along with the celery salt.

If you want a spicier Caesar, simply increase the amount of Tabasco sauce.

Try a Caesar with bourbon or gin instead of vodka!

The Caesar is Canada’s National Drink.

The cocktail was created by Walter Chell in 1969 at Owl’s Nest bar, part of the Westin hotel in Calgary. The drink was meant to represent the hotel's new Italian restaurant in a contest.

Chell claims his inspiration was spaghetti alle vongole, a pasta dish made with clams.

This cocktail also goes by “Bloody Caesar”.

The drink is a variation on a Bloody Mary, or on a Clam Digger, a drink that Clamato was pushing the year prior, in 1968.