Lettuce with Cream Dressing

Ingredients

• Carefully look over and wash lettuce
• two tablespoonfuls fresh meat fryings
• one tablespoonful flour
• one cup sour cream
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Tear lettuce into pieces.

2. 2

   Make dressing by adding flour to hot meat fryings, then stir in sour cream, salt, and pepper until thick.

3. 3

   Pour over lettuce and garnish with hard-boiled egg slices.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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