topic Re: Creamed Lettuce in Recipes

Creamed Lettuce

Carmie — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:56:23 GMT

Yesterday we drove past a restaurant that had a sign out front advertising creamed lettuce.

I have never heard of it. I looked it up and it is a real food. It almost seems like a cole slaw dressing of sorts poured over torn lettuce with chopped hard boiled eggs mixed in.

Has anyone ever heard of this? It doesn't sound very good to me, but who knows? It appears to be an Amish recipe.

Re: Creamed Lettuce

Desertdi — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:00:06 GMT

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Puggywuggy — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:09:29 GMT

Hmm, I hadn't heard of it either. Thank you @Desertdi we can always count on you!

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Desertdi — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:15:20 GMT

@Puggywuggy wrote:
Hmm, I hadn't heard of it either. Thank you @Desertdi we can always count on you!

@Puggywuggy

Me, either. I thought it might be something served on toast... di

Re: Creamed Lettuce

tessam — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:56:48 GMT

Curiosity got the better of me.

Think wilted lettuce salad

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream or half-and-half (regular milkjust doesn’t seem to work with this - the heavy cream version is my favorite, but half-and-half will do in a pinch!)
¼ cup sugar
¼ cider vinegar
1 head romaine lettuce, chopped into bite size pieces (I like to chop mine quite small)
½ sweet onion, sliced into thin rings and the rings then cut in half
salt and pepper

***edited to remove links

How to make it

Clean the romaine, if needed, and cut into small pieces.
Slice the onion and toss it with the lettuce.
Salt and pepper the salad (yes, you put the salt and pepper directly on the lettuce and onion, not in the dressing - don’t ask me why…it’s just how my mother did it and it works!)
In a 2 cup measuring cup, pour in the heavy cream or half-and-half.
Stir in the sugar and whisk well until the sugar is dissolved.
Whisk in the vinegar, whisking until the mixture thickens just a bit.
Pour the dressing over the lettuce and onions and toss well.

Re: Creamed Lettuce

Desertdi — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:16:24 GMT

Cream and Vinegar? I would think that would curdle...

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KingstonMom — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:00:55 GMT

I'm sorry, but that sounds gross!

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haddon9 — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:05:15 GMT

To me lettuce should have a bit of a crunch. Creamy lettuce just sounds like it's wilted and unappetizing.

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Citrine1 — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:41:26 GMT

Doesn't sound so great. It was mentioned that this appears to be an Amish recipe. I wouldn't be surprised. I find they have some peculiar dishes.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:54:54 GMT

@Carmie I serve this "Dutchy" salad every Easter. It has to be dressed right before serving so it doen's have a chance to wilt. It is a favorite in my family.

Dutchy Salad

This is a classic Pennsylvania Dutch salad. It is similar to a 7 layer salad, but not as complicated. The thing that makes it Dutchy is the sweet and sour dressing. Serve it with your Easter ham or beside Chicken Corn Soup. It is almost a meal in itself.

Ingredients:

1 head lettuce washed, dried and torn (I use Romaine because it stands up to the dressing)

1-2 cups of frozen baby peas

1 red onion (cut any way you like it in a salad) soak cut onion in ice water for 10 min. and drain before assembling the salad shredded or grated cheddar cheese (optional)

3-4 strips of crumbled bacon (you can leave this out if you don’t eat bacon, but then it won’t be as Dutchy.

3 hard-cooked eggs - sliced

Dressing (can be doubled if using the package of 3 Romaine heads)

1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard (or a combo of dry mustard and prepared to taste)

2 tablespoons heavy cream (use the rest in your coffee or with fruit)

2 ½ tablespoons sugar

½ teaspoon salt

½ c. Miracle Whip

2 tablespoons vinegar

Directions:

Mix together salt, sugar, mustard and cream. Add vinegar and salad dressing and stir until smooth. Make sure you taste the dressing for the correct sweet/sour combination. Sometimes it seems to want more vinegar. Refrigerate to chill.

This dressing can be made a day ahead of time and put into a non-reactive container in the refrigerator.

To assemble the salad, put lettuce in a big bowl sprinkle frozen peas and onions (cheese and bacon, if desired) decoratively on top. You can hold the assembled salad in the refrigerator for a half hour or so, but don’t let the peas lose their crispness. I like to dress the salad and lightly mix it at the table, or you can do it just before going to the table.

Re: Creamed Lettuce

timeless — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:05:18 GMT

Wow, I had totally forgotten that recipe. My mom and grandma made that in the 1970's. Actually recall it being pretty tasty.

My son has a tee with a pic of a head of lettuce with a frown-face that says "Lettuce: Taste of Sadness".

He hates lettuce and doesn't eat mayo so that recipe is likely not to be revisited in this house.

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AnnieBelle — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:39:11 GMT

I love creamed lettuce! My mother used to make it and I haven't made it in years. The vinegar and cream (I use sour cream) do not curdle. It does seem to be Amish in origin, not that we're Amish! It's pretty much the same dressing I use for creamed cucumbers, another favorite.

Re: Creamed Lettuce

Carmie — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:25:18 GMT

This is the list of ingredients I found for creamed lettuce. I don't think I am going to make it. Not appealing at all.

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Hoovermom — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:25:15 GMT

Doesn't sound appealing to me either. Not a fan of wilted lettuce on any sandwich.

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wagirl — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:35:57 GMT

Doesn't sound good at all.

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Q-Checker — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:12:46 GMT

Between the creamy mixture and the all too frequent glut of sugar -- um, just no.

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ID2 — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:50:30 GMT

You lost me at adding sugar. Just weird for lettuce to be a sweet dish. Thanks but not for me.

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Nightowlz — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:24:00 GMT

Never heard of it. Sounds like you would end up with soggy wilted lettuce salad?

I rather eat a crunchy salad.

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Sakuya — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:25:18 GMT

I read the title and made a face. Never heard of it and did not sound good - hence the face.

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sunshine45 — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:40:56 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
You lost me at adding sugar. Just weird for lettuce to be a sweet dish. Thanks but not for me.

i like some "sweet salads." love the combination of salty, sweet, sour.

some of my favorite dressings have sugar or honey in them.

fresh fruit in a salad itself is yummy.

raspberry vinaigrette, honey mustard, champagne vinagrette, sweet and sour dressing, and more.