"Wilted Lettuce"

 

Ingredients                                                                        

• Two bunches of green leaf lettuce, washed, squeezed and cut
• One small onion, sliced
• Four hardboiled eggs, sliced
• Two tbsp. of mayo
• One pound of bacon fried crisp, reserve drippings
• White vinegar to taste

Directions

1. Wash lettuce and squeeze out excess water. Ball lettuce in your hand as much as you can hold at a time and cut lettuce in strips. Place cut lettuce in a large bowl.
2. Place mayonnaise in lettuce.
3. Fry bacon and reserve drippings.
4. Soften onions in bacon grease adding to lettuce once softened.
5. Boil eggs and slice into lettuce. 
6. Add vinegar to taste. More can be added later.
7. Pour hot bacon drippings over lettuce to wilt and mix ingredients thoroughly.  Serve with homemade cornbread or fried catfish with a side of white beans and rice with fresh radishes. 

Source — Family Recipe
Prepared by Olivia Ashmore
Louisiana Anthology
March 25, 2022