Ensalada Espanola(Spain) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. sliced cheese
4 slices bacon, fried crisp
2 heads romaine lettuce, broken
6 green onions, sliced
3/4 c. sliced cucumber
garlic clove
1/4 c. hot vinegar
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. ripe black olives
sourdough bread or rye bread
1 c. sliced salami
1/2 c. sliced celery
garlic butter
1/4 c. sliced green pepper
3 medium firm tomatoes, quartered
1/2 c. hot bean drippings
1 tsp. garlic salt
3 sliced hard-boiled eggs

Preparation

Cut cheese and salami into 1-inch strips.
Crush bacon.
Mix cheese, salami and bacon with lettuce, onions, celery, green pepper, cucumbers and tomatoes; toss lightly in a wooden bowl, rubbed with garlic.
Mix vinegar, bean drippings, pepper and salt and pour over the salad.
Decorate with olives and eggs.
Serve with garlic butter on sourdough bread or rye bread.
Yields 10 to 12 servings.