'and as I notice the lettuce Ma mentioned, on the table, I'll make the salad.'
'Mutton to your Ma, Bella, my dear'; and 'Lavvy, I dare say your Ma would take some lettuce if you were to put it on her plate.' Mrs Wilfer's manner of receiving those viands was marked by petrified absence of mind; in which state, likewise, she partook of them, occasionally laying down her knife and fork, as saying within her own spirit, 'What is this I am doing?' and glaring at one or other of the party, as if in indignant search of information.
The cold veal, the fresh
lettuces, and the stuffed chine might well look tempting to hungry men who had dined at half-past twelve o'clock.
FIRST he ate some
lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes;
As to the other, there was nought holy about him that I could see, and it would be cheaper for me to pray for myself than to give a crown to one who spent his days in digging for
lettuces."
Some of the young ladies washed the
lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions.
Bottled beer stood under a shelf, and there were two bags of haricot beans and some limp
lettuces. This pantry opened into a kind of wash-up kitchen, and in this was firewood; there was also a cupboard, in which we found nearly a dozen of burgundy, tinned soups and salmon, and two tins of biscuits.
Now, only yesterday--would you believe it?--I put some
lettuces into the clock, and tried to wind up the rabbit!"
1: BEETROOT, CHICKEN AND LAMB'S
LETTUCE WRAPS Ingredients Makes 4 wraps 150g cooked chicken 180g cooked beetroot 1/2 avocado 1/4 red onion, finely sliced 4 wholemeal wraps A handful Fresh and Naked lamb's
lettuce Small bunch coriander leaves Sweet chilli sauce to taste Directions Tear the chicken into pieces, slice the beetroot, slice the avocado and red onion.
As soon as the snow melts, I'm eager to sow some
lettuce seeds in a raised bed.
food regulators say they weren't able to identify a contamination source for a food poisoning outbreak tied to romaine
lettuce this fall.
