San Juan Record | 1931-05-07 | Page 7 | Braised Lettuce Makes Welcome Dish

t braised braided lettuce makes 1 welcome dish g lettuce like other green leafy vegetables may be ba co cooked 0 k 6 d an aa well as served raw the iceberg type of lettuce Is especially good when prepared by braising blaising bra ising A suggestion of bacon tat fat makes the result very tasty the tha bureau of 0 home economics of the united states department of agriculture has tested the recipe and recommends it 2 farge large hard heads salt iceberg coberg lettuce pepper 4 aba tbs bacon fat at cut each head of lettuce into tour four pieces taking care that a portion of the center stem Is left on each section to hold the leaves together heat the rat fat in a large skillet put in the tha lettuce cover corer and cook for SO 30 or until the lettuce la Is tender it if much liquid Is drawn out of the lettuce discard some of it during cooking turn carefully it if necessary sprinkle spi inkle with salt and pepper and serve on a hot platter