Greek Salad (1938); Casar Salad; Taco

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CAESAR SALAD AT HOTEL DEL CORONADO  (continued)

   Beverly Bass did write a HOTEL DEL CORONADO COOKBOOK, but it wasn't helpful.
   I was looking for something along the lines of this, which I had posted here from the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 31 December 1949, pg. 11, col. 7:

   ...that honor goes to Cesar Hermandez, a head waiter at the Coranado (sic) Hotel in San Diego, where his Caesar salad became nothing short of a rave.

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GREEK SALAD (1939)

   I decided to buy up a lot of the Browns' books at Bonnie Slotnick's used cookbook store.
   This has the name, if not the feta cheese.

SALADS AND HERBS
by Cora, Rose and Bob Brown
J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
1938

Pg. 180:
      GREEK SALAD
   Three parts shredded raw vegetables--cabbage, carrots, green pepper and onion.  One part smoked herring, diced.  Thin mayonnaise with sweetened vinegar, add and mix thoroughly.  Pile on lettuce leaves.

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TACO (continued)

   I'm exploring a possible "taco" connection with the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).   Tacos and firearms?

THE SOUTH AMERICAN COOK BOOK:
INCLUDING CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND THE WEST INDIES
by Cora, Rose and Bob Brown
Doubleday & Company, NY
1946
copyright 1939

Pg. 187:
      TACOS
   Technically, _enchiladas_ are tortillas filled with a simple chili mixture, as the name indicates.  A number of the preceding more complicated recipes for _enchiladas_ are really _tacos_, a word taken from the cotton used in ramming old-fashioned firearms.  It means anything stuffed daintily.  But foreigners are so accustomed to including all filled tortillas under the designation of _enchiladas_ that the recipes would not easily be recognized under their more correct designation.