Sweet and Sour German Lettuce
From tablescape 14 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is an old German recipe passed down in my husband's family. Great with pot roast, hot chicken dishes, and NE boiled dinners.
Ingredients
- 1 head iceberg lettuce shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 onion, thinly sliced shopping list
- 3 strips bacon shopping list
- 1/3 cup vinegar shopping list
- 2/3 cup water shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste. shopping list
How to make it
- Cut head of lettuce in half and soak in water to cover, for 1/2 hour. Drain and cut as for cole slaw. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar. Let stand for 1/2 hour.
- Slice up 1 onion, very thinly, and add to lettuce.
- Cut up 3 strips bacon and fry, leaving drippings in pan. Add 1/3 cup vinegar and 2/3 cup water to bacon and bring to a boil.
- Pour over lettuce. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
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Reviewed by 6 people-
I had similar and it is good! great post!
midgelet
in Whereabouts loved it
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Remeber my grandma use to make hers this way and havent saw it since. Thanks for recipe and memory trip many fives if I could. high5
momo_55grandma
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Worth a try! 5
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