My memories took me back in time to the days when Mama made big bowls of wilted lettuce for my hard working Daddy..He LOVED it ! When he burned off the plant bed where he set out the scraggly sweet potatoes to make plants, he always burned off enough extra space so Mama could have a lettuce bed...She also planted lovely red radishes and spring onions....I'm sure Daddy kept a close eye on those little green sprouts, hungering for something green on the table to go with all those beans Mama cooked in that big black dinner kittle... One day he would come to the house smiling, toting a watering bucket just full of leafy lettuce and other things picked in the plant bed. Those greens had grown super fast in the rich black soil, and even the tender leaves of the radishes could be used, and there would be a bit of tender mustard greens...It didn't take long for Mama to fry up some bacon while Daddy was out by the well house washing up the greens....The bacon was put on the side after it was crumbled , and a bit of water was poured into the hot grease...We little'uns were warned away from the cabinet as Mama poured that hot grease all over that big panful of torn up greens...We didn't like it as well as Daddy did, but I'm sure each one ate their share. I make what I call ' Sissy ' wilted lettuce....Fry up some bacon and crumble when it cools..I pour most of the fat in the 'grease jar for later use, then mix in water, flour, salt and pepper and stir till it cooks thick. This is poured on the chopped lettuce, stirred in...and eaten fast....Not quite the same as my memories maybe, but MUCH better health wise..Since we don't have a plant bed I harvest my leafy lettuce at the local supermarket....Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ When Banks Compete, You Win! Refi & lower payments today: $400,000 for only $1,687/mo. No SSN required. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d4e4face016812238m06duc

I love to eat wilted lettuce but I never could make a good bowl of it. I seemed to get too much vinegar or grease or something, I never could get the right balance of ingredients. I fnally just quit trying. I loved it when we would have it at someone else's house thougfh.Emma > To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 01:32:42 -0600 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Wilted lettuce.... > > > My memories took me back in time to the days when Mama made big bowls of > wilted lettuce for my hard working Daddy..He LOVED it ! When he burned > off the plant bed where he set out the scraggly sweet potatoes to make > plants, he always burned off enough extra space so Mama could have a > lettuce bed...She also planted lovely red radishes and spring > onions....I'm sure Daddy kept a close eye on those little green sprouts, > hungering for something green on the table to go with all those beans > Mama cooked in that big black dinner kittle... > > One day he would come to the house smiling, toting a watering bucket just > full of leafy lettuce and other things picked in the plant bed. Those > greens had grown super fast in the rich black soil, and even the tender > leaves of the radishes could be used, and there would be a bit of tender > mustard greens...It didn't take long for Mama to fry up some bacon while > Daddy was out by the well house washing up the greens....The bacon was > put on the side after it was crumbled , and a bit of water was poured > into the hot grease...We little'uns were warned away from the cabinet as > Mama poured that hot grease all over that big panful of torn up > greens...We didn't like it as well as Daddy did, but I'm sure each one > ate their share. > > I make what I call ' Sissy ' wilted lettuce....Fry up some bacon and > crumble when it cools..I pour most of the fat in the 'grease jar for > later use, then mix in water, flour, salt and pepper and stir till it > cooks thick. This is poured on the chopped lettuce, stirred in...and > eaten fast....Not quite the same as my memories maybe, but MUCH better > health wise..Since we don't have a plant bed I harvest my leafy lettuce > at the local supermarket....Jeannie T > ____________________________________________________________ > When Banks Compete, You Win! > Refi & lower payments today: $400,000 for only $1,687/mo. No SSN required. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d4e4face016812238m06duc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message