Sherry's Dressed Lettuce

Ingredients

• Separate leaves from stalk of one head lettuce
• discarding wilted outer leaves
• Mix one-half cup olive oil
• five tablespoons vinegar
• one teaspoon salt
• one-half small Bermuda onion finely chopped
• one tablespoon parsley finely chopped
• four Shrewsbury red peppers
• eight Shrewsbury green peppers

Method

1. 1

   Wash, drain, and dry lettuce leaves.

2. 2

   Arrange in a bowl and pour over dressing made from oil, vinegar, salt, onion, parsley, and peppers.

3. 3

   Let stand and shake before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SHERRY’S DRESSED LETTUCE. Separate leaves from stalk of one head lettuce, dis- carding wilted outer leaves. Wash, drain and dry. Ar- range in salad bowl, in as near original shape as possi- ble, and pour over the following dressing: Mix one-half cup olive oil, five tablespoons vinegar, one teaspoon salt, one-half small Bermuda onion finely chopped, one tablespoon parsley finely chopped, four Shrewsbury red peppers and eight Shrewsbury green peppers

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