I dunno why it's called Caesar salad (I've heard the reason but I forget), I dunno what the right recipe is, whether it has bacon, whether it should have croutons, whether the eggs should be hard, soft, crumbled, whatever.
I just make it every now and again, and I make it different every time.
Last night we were given cos from the school garden, so:
Rinse the cos, chop it in broad sections and arrange (or throw) in a large salad bowl.
Fry some bacon, chopped into small pieces, until crisp. Or until not crisp, doesn't matter, however you like.
Boil a couple of eggs. I boiled mine hard.
Toss the cooked bacon over the cos. Slice the eggs into sections and place over the cos - that's what I did. Or crumble them and do the same.
Make your favourite dressing. I already had some vinaigrette left in the fridge so I put half a teaspoon of mayo in it, added a little lemon juice and some salt and pepper, shook it up and poured it over.
Then I sprinkled a s
Recipes and ruminations from a small house in a big city.