On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:29:34 -0700, JimLane >
wrote:

>Bob wrote:

>> I've got a similar recipe made with clams. The recipe's originator is from
>> El Salvador, and the comment at the end of the recipe is that it's usually
>> eaten with saltines in that country. Is your complaint based on a notion
>> that eating the shrimp cocktail with saltines isn't "authentic," or do you
>> just not like saltines?

>Perhaps Salvadorans adopted saltines, but I doubt they are indigenous. I
>suspect the cocktail was around far before their coming into the market.

YOu peeked my curiousity, so I Googled:

Saltines, circa 1881

The origin date of the cocktail is shrouded in mystery...