Spinach Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

fresh tender spinach leaves
vinegar
watercress
8 strips bacon
4 Tbsp. sugar
4 Tbsp. wine vinegar
1/2 oz. Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce
1 lemon
cognac

Preparation

Remove stems from spinach.
Clean in cold water with a little vinegar, then dry the leaves.
Place dry spinach leaves and watercress in a salad bowl.
Cut bacon in 1/2-inch squares and fry until crisp.
Add sugar, wine vinegar and Lea & Perrins.
Heat to a boil and stir in dressing over spinach leaves, leaving bacon in skillet.
Squeeze lemon over leaves, then toss until wilted. Drain dressing off salad and place spinach on plate.
Add cognac to bacon, ignite and spoon over spinach leaves at once.