That sounds sooooo good. I never could make a good wilted lettuce, I always got too much vinegar or not enough of something. Mama and my sister in law could make good wilted lettuce though. Now I don;t cook so guess I'll never get it any more. I'm sure they would never make it here where I live now.Emma > To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 01:45:01 -0500 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: [ML] It's time for Wilted lettuce.... > > Yes folks, I had a great big bowl of wilted lettuce for lunch! Went > outside to see if I could find some flowers to replace the Iris I threw > out and came back from the garden with a big pile of leaf lettuce, green > onions and radishes ! Plus a strawberry or two and a big long seed stalk > off the Elephant garlic ...and an asparagus spear or > two...Bacon.....hmnn.....YES ! Cooked a whole package of bacon....only > swiping one piece, so doing good.... > > I washed all the veggies good and chopped them up..radish leaves and all > since they grew so fast...AND because I remember Mama saying Daddy liked > the spiciness of the leaves....I poured all the grease in the cooking jar > except maybe a teaspoonful or two and dumped in water, vinegar, sugar and > seasoned salt.....Then flour to thicken it...Hubby was on his computer > till I mentioned wilted lettuce then he was off in a hurry....My oh my, > first wilted lettuce we'd had in a long time.... > > I can remember Mama fixing it for Daddy when I was about 7 years old , > while he was busy getting the fields ready to plant. Folks back then were > starved for something fresh and green in the Spring after a winter of > eating dried beans and canned stuff from last years truck gardens...When > we told him Mama was making him some wilted lettuce he didn't waste any > time turning the horses into the feed lot...We always stood around and > watched them roll in the dust....they seemed so awkward and we would > laugh if they couldn't roll all the way over....By the time this innocent > amusement lost it's savor and the horses were drinking at the little pond > Daddy was already well on his way to the house... > > Sometimes in the Spring Mama would have white beans cooked long and slow > on the back of the old wood cook stove and a big pone of cornbread, of > course....If we were lucky she would've made a pot of English peas and > dumplings, and of course ripe tomato relish to go with the beans...After > eating all he could hold Daddy would go out under the shade tree and turn > a straight backed chair over so he'd have a back rest...He'd lay there > talking to us kids till the horses had rested, then he would go off down > the woods road, walking to the field instead of riding ...I never saw him > ride the horses to or from a field....There would be no replacing them if > one got broke down, you see......us kids would return to our everyday > pursuits, full of beans and happy to be alive....Jeannie T > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Penny Stock Jumping 3000% > Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dd0c8b0162571e00fm06duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message