Does Anyone Still Make Wilted Lettuce Salad?

[Paladin]

We had it often at home when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, and I remember it being delicious. There are plenty of recipes for it on line; I think I may give it a try. Absolute heaven for bacon lovers........

[cbayer]

1. I do it with spinach and other hardier greens.

Lettuce tends to get too mushy for me.

[Paladin]

2. Good Tip. Thanks. (nt)

[Stinky The Clown]

3. With spinach . . .

. . . . us baby spinach. A whole prewashed bag.

Oil in as big a frying pan as you have. 10" . . . 12" . . . even bigger if you have one. Heat the oil. Add chopped garlic. As little or as much as you want. Also salt and pepper. Get the garlic hot, but don't overcook it. Don't even come close or it gets bitter. Add the spinach. Turn off the heat. Toss to coat the spinach, wilting it in the process.

Remove to a bowl. Squeeze a half a lemon in it. Sprinkle with parm.

Enjoy.

[cbayer]

4. I do it differently.

I cook bacon, then make a hot vinaigrette using some of the bacon grease. Pour that over the spinach. That cooks it less, which is what I am going after. I also often mix red onion with the spinach before pouring on the hot vinaigrette, then crumble the bacon on top.

[fizzgig]

5. my mom makes me that every time i visit

she also hardboils some eggs, but leaves them on the side. you and i are on the same wavelength on that.

[cbayer]

6. Nice of her to put the eggs to the side. I always appreciate that.

I love both chicken salad and potato salad, but whenever I want to order it out, I have to ask if it has egg.

It's surprising how infrequently the server knows the answer to that question or....

just makes up an answer, lol.

[fizzgig]

9. the deli guy was so confused when i asked if there were eggs in both their potato salads

he looked at me like i had two heads and then had to read the ingredients to figure it out

[Lucinda]

7. Yep. I wouldn't bother without the bacon

I prefer spinach too

[Retrograde]

8. How big's a bag?

At my local farmers' market at bag is a pound - a lot of spinach!

I don't trust the pre-washed bags: there have been too many issues with contamination in recent years. When I buy spinach at conventional stores, it's by the bunch, which is a good handful.

I'm lucky to live in the Bay Area: my local spinach dealer grows many different types of spinach - including some with very low oxalic acid content (that's the stuff that causes the weird feeling on your teeth)

[Paladin]

10. I'm Gratified By All The Responses.

I was afraid that the rather decadent nature of the recipe---all that bacon, all that bacon grease!---might have rendered wilted lettuce a frowned-upon pleasure. I'm going to make a batch, soon.....

[AnneD]

11. If that is the only bacon you eat....

enjoy it. I would give up bacon at breakfast to have wilted salad or bacon on my potatoes!