Mandarin Lettuce Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon salt
1 dash black pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 cup oil
Tabasco sauce, to taste
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1 tablespoon sugar, plus
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 head iceberg lettuce, broken
1/4 head romaine lettuce, broken
1 cup chopped celery
2 green onions, chopped
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges

Preparation

For vinegrette:
Combine salt, pepper, 2T.
sugar, vinegar, oil, and tobasco.
Shake or whisk to combine.
For candies almonds:
Combine 1 T.
plus 1 teaspoons sugar in a small non-stick pan.
Stir over low hear until carmalized and brown.
Remove from pan onto waxed paper and separate as much as possible.
Allow to cool completely.
For Salad:
Combine remaining ingredients.
Toss in vinegrette, then almonds.
Serve immediately.