Lettuce Soup

==Description==
This is a soup that my Slovak Grandmother use 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. 
===Ingredients===
* 2 lbs thick slab Bacon 
* flour 
* milk 
* 2 eggs, beaten 
* 2 bunches leaf lettuce 
* salt 
===Directions===
* 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). 
* Remove Bacon from skillet leaving the fat in the pan. 
* Allow the Fat to brown (slightly). 
* For every 2 Tablespoons of browned fat rendered add 2 tablespoons of flour. 
* Stirring constantly, brown flour in fat to a deep golden brown. 
* Allow to cool slightly so as not to curdle the milk when added. 
* Once cooled, add 1 Cup of milk for ever 2 tablespoons of flour used. 
* Bring to rolling boil stiring constantly. 
* Add Torn up lettuce and Cut up Bacon to the browned fat and flour mixture. 
* Bring back to a rolling boil, stifring contantly. 
* Add eggs to mixture making sure to stir it thoughout the soup. 
* Reduce heat to low and continue to cook for about 1 hour (until lettuce is cooked down). 
* salt to taste. 
* Serve with a Crusty French bread. 
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==See also==
Category:Czech Soups
 Category:Soups
 Category:Recipes
Category:Czech Recipes
Category:Leaf lettuce Soup Recipes
Category:Boiled Leaf lettuce Recipes
Category:French bread Recipes
Category:Leaf lettuce Recipes
Category:Lettuce Recipes
Category:Bacon Recipes
Category:Flour Recipes
Category:Salt Recipes
Category:Milk Recipes
Category:Coffee Recipes
Category:Egg Recipes
Category:Recipes that need photos