Chopped lettuce

5 strips bacon

½ cup sugar

½ t. salt

½ cup vinegar

Small white onion, very thinly sliced, or sliced green onions (optional)

Chop lettuce and set aside. Brown bacon; drain on paper towel. Crumble bacon and set aside. Remove skillet from heat. To the skillet (containing bacon fat), add sugar, salt and vinegar. Return skillet to heat and stir mixture until it is boiling rapidly. Immediately pour over chopped lettuce. Stir and toss. Add crumbled bacon. Serve at once. (If desired, top with onion before pouring dressing over lettuce.)

Recipe courtesy of Shirley A. Todd, Columbus, Indiana