Wilted Lettuce

Ingredients

• I slice ham
• £ cup vinegar
• i egg
• i teaspoon mustard
• Pepper and salt
• Outside leaves 2 heads lettuce

Method

1. 1

   Fry a slice of ham with some fat on.

2. 2

   When done, remove the ham, leaving the fat gravy in the frying pan.

3. 3

   Have ready the vinegar, beaten egg, mustard and pepper and salt to taste.

4. 4

   Add the egg to the vinegar slowly, so it will not curdle.

5. 5

   When well mixed, pour slowly into the ham gravy, stirring well.

6. 6

   Let it come to a boil.

7. 7

   Put the lettuce in with a fork, toss and thoroughly mix with the hot mixture in the frying pan for two minutes.

8. 8

   Cover the pan for two minutes, then turn out in a deep dish.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Left-overs made palatable (1902) by Isabel Gordon Curtis, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WILTED LETTUCE I slice ham £ cup vinegar i egg i teaspoon mustard Pepper and salt Outside leaves 2 heads lettuce

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