Lettuce Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Keep lettuce in a cool, dry place.
Soak lettuce in water for no longer than 15 minutes.
Serve
Serve lettuce alone with French dressing or combine with fruits, starchy foods, or other vegetables.
Pair with meats, fish, or cheese if desired.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Lettuce
- Forms the crisp, leafy base of the salad and provides its fresh texture.
- French dressing
- Adds moisture, acidity and sweetness that season the leaves.
The step that matters
Soak lettuce in water for no longer than 15 minutes. Soaking crisps wilted leaves by rehydrating their cells, but leaving lettuce in water too long can make it soggy and waterlogged, weakening its crunch. Keep the soak brief, then dry the leaves well so the dressing clings rather than thinning.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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