Lettuce Soup

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This is a soup that my slovak grandmother used to make when i was a little girl. She used lettuce she would pick fresh out of her garden. I still make this soup every summer and remember her sitting in her kitchen sipping coffee with my mother and aunt. It brings back such fond memories.

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Steps

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In a cast iron skillet fry 2 lb.

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Of bacon.

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Remove bacon from skillet leaving the fat in the pan.

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Allow the fat to brown.

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For every 2 tablespoons of browned fat rendered add 2 tablespoons of flour.

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Stirring constantly , brown flour in fat to a deep golden brown.

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Allow to cool slightly so as not to curdle the milk when added.

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Once cooled , add 1 cup of milk for ever 2 tablespoons of flour used.

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Bring to rolling boil stirring constantly.

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Add torn up lettuce and cut up bacon to the browned fat and flour mixture.

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Bring back to a rolling boil , stirring constantly.

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Add eggs to mixture making sure to stir it throughout the soup.

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Reduce heat to low and continue to cook for about 1 hour.

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Salt to taste.

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Serve with a crusty french bread.

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Ingredients

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thick slab bacon, flour, milk, eggs, leaf lettuce, salt