Lettuce Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs thick slab bacon
• flour
• milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 bunches leaf lettuce
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in a cast iron skillet (this the best but you can use any type skillet) fry 2 lb. of bacon (to render fat, but not crisp the bacon).
• 2 remove bacon from skillet leaving the fat in the pan.
• 3 allow the fat to brown (slightly).
• 4 for every 2 tablespoons of browned fat rendered add 2 tablespoons of flour.
• 5 stirring constantly, brown flour in fat to a deep golden brown.
• 6 allow to cool slightly so as not to curdle the milk when added.
• 7 once cooled, add 1 cup of milk for ever 2 tablespoons of flour used.
• 8 bring to rolling boil stirring constantly.
• 9 add torn up lettuce and cut up bacon to the browned fat and flour mixture.
• 10 bring back to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.
• 11 add eggs to mixture making sure to stir it throughout the soup.
• 12 reduce heat to low and continue to cook for about 1 hour (until lettuce is cooked down).
• 13 salt to taste.
• 14 serve with a crusty french bread.