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RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

SALAD

WILTED LETTUCE, American

Ingredients

• 1 small head lettuce, or equivalent of leaf lettuce
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 1 tbsp, sugar
• 1 small onion
• 1/3 cup white cider vinegar, or sweet pickle vinegar
• 2 slices bacon or hot fat
• 1 tsp. salt
• Hard-cooked egg

Preparation Instructions

Chop lettuce and onion. Cut bacon into small pieces and brown slowly. Add vinegar to bacon and pour over lettuce. Garnish with slices of hard-cooked egg.

Contributed by Mrs. A. M. Mainz, 1950

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