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Harry Truman Salad
1 head iceberg or greenleaf lettuce
4 green onions, chopped (use white & green parts)
4 strips of bacon, fully cooked
1 egg, beaten
1/4 C sugar
1/4 C vinegar
1 heaping TBS sour cream
Break lettuce into pieces in a large bowl; add chopped green onions. In a frying pan, cook bacon until crisp; drain and crumble. Pour off bacon drippings from frying pan. In a small bowl, combine egg, sugar, vinegar and sour cream; beat well. Add bacon pieces; pour mixture into frying pan. Cook until the mixture is thick, stirring constantly. Allow to cool before pouring mixture over prepared lettuce; toss to coat. Serve.
DID YOU KNOW? The recipe for Harry Truman Salad was obtained from Lura May DeArment, wife of Governor Arthur Crane of Wyoming, which was served to President Truman during his visit to Casper in 1950.
Recipe featured in Food Fare's Community Garden Cookbook.
History Note: Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
*Harry S. Truman image: Greta Kempton (1945). Image released into the public domain as it was published in the USA between 1923 and 1977 without copyright notice.
U.S. Political Parties (Historical Essay by Deborah O'Toole)
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