Big news! The Louisiana Legislature will be back in session next week. We all yearn for the riveting coverage of meaningful issues touching the quality of life in the Bayou State. No, not solving the crises the state faces in healthcare, education and affordable insurance. I mean the real meaty issues where the debate goes on for days. Whether to reinstate the legalization of cockfighting? How about taking one more shot at a new State poem?
But if you think Louisiana has an oddball legislature that leans toward quirky solutions to non-existent problems, check out California that has moved a notch ahead of us here in the Deep South. There is great news to report. California has decriminalized the sale of Caesar salad. That’s right! It’s no longer a crime to put together a Caesar salad in California. What an important gastronomic epitome of a truly civilized state.
To assist in this whole “war on crime,” the California State Legislature, in its collective wisdom, created a new law that banned the sale of any food product using raw eggs as an ingredient. And what do you find in the smooth, creamy taste with a bit of a bite in the dressing that goes on the Caesar salad? Well of course, uncooked eggs. But using uncooked eggs for a Caesar salad became a crime in California.
