On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:32:01 -0700, M. JL Esq. wrote:

> sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:22:38 -0700, "M. JL Esq." >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>Ever try the hot bacon grease dressing for salad?
>>
>> Ever try the hot bacon with hot vinegar? Wilted salads are sooo good!
>> Haven't done that in years.
>>
>
> Sure, here's the Escoffier version, there's an Italian version also.
>
> Bacon dressing
>
> "THis is used only for salads of dandelion, corn salad and red cabbage.
>
> Here the oil is replaced by the fat expressed from a very small dice of
> fatty bacon when it is fried brown in a pan.
>
> It is poured hot together with the pieces of bacon, over the salad which
> has been placed in a warm bowl; it is finished with a little vinegar,
> already seasoned with salt and pepper and heated in the hot frying pan
> at the last moment."
>
> I have used this to good effect on various greens, but especially a
> salad made with raw spinach, endive, arugella & etc.

i believe this is a classic treatment for spinach salad.

your pal,
blake