Or,
You can dress on the table with oil and vinegar only, pulling the heart of the lettuce out with your fingers, and seasoning to taste.
Summer Salad.
3 heads of lettuce.
2 teaspoonfuls green mustard leaves.
A handful of water-cresses.
Four or five very tender radishes.
1 cucumber.
3 hard-boiled eggs.
2 teaspoonfuls white sugar.
1 teaspoonful salt.
1 teaspoonful pepper.
1 teaspoonful made mustard.
1 teacupful vinegar.
2 tablespoonfuls salad oil.
Mix the dressing as for lettuce salad. Cut up the hearts of the lettuce, the radishes and cucumber, into very small pieces; chop the mustard and cress. Pour over these the dressing, tossing very lightly, not to bruise the young leaves; heap in a salad-bowl upon a lump of ice, and garnish with fennel-heads and nasturtium-blossoms.
This is a delightful accompaniment to boiled or baked fish.