gman51
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Wilted lettuce with bacon grease sounds so gross. When I have bacon my b/p goes way up so this is out for me to even try it. Wilted lettuce...oh heck no. I throw that yuck away.
Wilted lettuce
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29aholic
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C'mon JR. Casting your own bullets will kill you faster than a little bacon grease now and then...live a little.
ACORN
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IIRC my wife makes it with leaf lettuce, bacon grease, vinegar, and some sugar. Sound right?
Just doesn't sound appetizing
Just doesn't sound appetizing
Rpg
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Seems to me that there are two general views on food and diet: the first is that food is just fuel; the second is that food is a fundamental life pleasure.
I adhere to the second school of thought.
Those that adhere to the 'food is fuel' school - the twigs and bark for dinner types - seem to follow the food fad of the moment in the shifting ideas of what's healthy and live in a bleak world of misery and deprivation.
Those that recognize the fundamental life pleasure of eating well live rich , rewarding, well rounded lives.
They eat butter, not margarine; leave the skin on the chicken; enjoy fine cheeses and prime rib and put sour cream, butter and real bacon along with chives on their baked potatoes.
They don't imagine that free range eggs or grass fed beef are somehow better. They don't pay a premium for food marked 'organic' just because 'organic' food is trendy.
They eat wilted lettuce with bacon grease dressing!
I adhere to the second school of thought.
Those that adhere to the 'food is fuel' school - the twigs and bark for dinner types - seem to follow the food fad of the moment in the shifting ideas of what's healthy and live in a bleak world of misery and deprivation.
Those that recognize the fundamental life pleasure of eating well live rich , rewarding, well rounded lives.
They eat butter, not margarine; leave the skin on the chicken; enjoy fine cheeses and prime rib and put sour cream, butter and real bacon along with chives on their baked potatoes.
They don't imagine that free range eggs or grass fed beef are somehow better. They don't pay a premium for food marked 'organic' just because 'organic' food is trendy.
They eat wilted lettuce with bacon grease dressing!
Snapping Twig
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So long as it isn't wilted BEFORE you cook it up!
Few vegetables can make you as sick as brown/old lettuce.
Lettuce in soup is good too.
Used to get a hot salad at the local Mexican place, loaded with vinegar. Mmmm!
Few vegetables can make you as sick as brown/old lettuce.
Lettuce in soup is good too.
Used to get a hot salad at the local Mexican place, loaded with vinegar. Mmmm!
My Mom had a bacon grease cup type thing at the back of Her stone. It was copper, maybe three inches in diameter and four inches high. Had a fitted lid and a removable strainer inside. Used to take out the grease and use instead of margarine or butter. I'd like to find one for Me. Wilted lettuce in the summer, spinach in the winter. Yum.
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Growing up on a small dairy/beef/hog operation (40 dairy, 40 beef cows
and 10-20 sows) we always had plenty to eat. Smoke house for the
pork products so bacon, ham, pork chops, tenderloin and all other parts.
Mom would make real butter, cottage cheese, butter milk and sweet
cream. Who would eat that artificial stuff, yuck? Corn bread and milk
garden raised vegetables home grown meats, oh yeah, chickens and
fresh eggs.
As per wild foods, every spring my grandmother would come and we
would walk the fields and woods gathering almost everything green,
poke, dandelion, wild lettuce, wild onions, lambs quarter, sorrels, later
in early summer all kinds of berries, black berries, huckleberries and
grapes. After my grandmother moved to California to be near a couple
of my aunts she would come in the spring and fall. Fall when we butchered she always used part of the fat to make lye soap which she
cut into 2 inch squares and took a box full back to the west coast. She
claimed her friends loved it, I'm not so sure. BTW she lived to be 99.
All the family hunted and fished so another food source from nature.
I almost forgot, black walnut trees that provided all the Christmas candies with nut meats.
I still try to raise a lot of our vegetables and gather some wild plants and
berries, I grow organic and will pay more for organic produce and fruits
in the stores, just not a fan of pesticide, herbicide, corporate big ag
culture. Thanks JRM53 for bringing back these good memories of the
good old days.
and 10-20 sows) we always had plenty to eat. Smoke house for the
pork products so bacon, ham, pork chops, tenderloin and all other parts.
Mom would make real butter, cottage cheese, butter milk and sweet
cream. Who would eat that artificial stuff, yuck? Corn bread and milk
garden raised vegetables home grown meats, oh yeah, chickens and
fresh eggs.
As per wild foods, every spring my grandmother would come and we
would walk the fields and woods gathering almost everything green,
poke, dandelion, wild lettuce, wild onions, lambs quarter, sorrels, later
in early summer all kinds of berries, black berries, huckleberries and
grapes. After my grandmother moved to California to be near a couple
of my aunts she would come in the spring and fall. Fall when we butchered she always used part of the fat to make lye soap which she
cut into 2 inch squares and took a box full back to the west coast. She
claimed her friends loved it, I'm not so sure. BTW she lived to be 99.
All the family hunted and fished so another food source from nature.
I almost forgot, black walnut trees that provided all the Christmas candies with nut meats.
I still try to raise a lot of our vegetables and gather some wild plants and
berries, I grow organic and will pay more for organic produce and fruits
in the stores, just not a fan of pesticide, herbicide, corporate big ag
culture. Thanks JRM53 for bringing back these good memories of the
good old days.
Never saw the sugar bowl around the stove, but the rest is correct. My mother is living in a retirement community with lunch provided, and one of the top ten running arguments here is the about of vinegar and grease on the wilted lettuce. Half says too much, half says not enough . . .
This is how we do wilted spinach:
(Sometimes we add red onions and mushrooms)
And, of course.....
(Sometimes we add red onions and mushrooms)
And, of course.....
JcMack
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Two years ago I had open heart surgery. Tonight I'm havin sticks, twigs and tree bark on brown rice, with prune yogurt for desert. I'm now a believer.
My theory is that now you're good for at least as long as you made it the first time on the same diet. Drive it like you stole it . . .
doublesharp
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In 2014, at age 63, I had 100% blockage in my widowmaker. It had been building for years and my heart had developed a workaround. A single stent got me back in business. I was lucky.
No damned way I'm living on twigs and berries. I'm right with God and don't fear the reaper. More biscuits and gravy please and I'll have a side of that wilted lettuce salad with extra bacon.
No damned way I'm living on twigs and berries. I'm right with God and don't fear the reaper. More biscuits and gravy please and I'll have a side of that wilted lettuce salad with extra bacon.
It has been 15 years since I was re-sleeved and I haven't altered my diet much at all.
I can't imagine going through the remainder of my days ordering from a one page menu.
Damn them torpedoes!
I can't imagine going through the remainder of my days ordering from a one page menu.
Damn them torpedoes!
29aholic
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There's the old joke about the guy that goes to the doctor.
Doc he says "I am XXyo. I only eat health foods, mostly vegatables, I quit drinking, quit smoking, quit having sex, and I exercise for at least two hours daily. What else can I do to ensure I will live longer?"
The Doctor replied "Why?"
Doc he says "I am XXyo. I only eat health foods, mostly vegatables, I quit drinking, quit smoking, quit having sex, and I exercise for at least two hours daily. What else can I do to ensure I will live longer?"
The Doctor replied "Why?"
On this morning's tv show that we watch..........
they stated less BACON and RED meat, as a way to better health, c/o moderation.
I will have three plates of moderation, please.
they stated less BACON and RED meat, as a way to better health, c/o moderation.
I will have three plates of moderation, please.
500SNW
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Took the words right out of my mouth. The key word with any food or drug is moderation. Besides, there has been some rethinking on the whole cholesterol, clogged arteries thing in more recent years. I'm no expert, but I'd say the real problem are the processed fats, the added stuff like "partially hydrogenated" whatever. Naturally occurring fats from fresh meats and eggs...when consumed in moderation...aren't as bad as they have been made out to be. I say go ahead and enjoy your wilted lettuce recipe every now and then.
