LETTUCE AND POTATO SALAD

Shred the lettuce till very fine and keep it in a cool place. Peel and cut raw potatoes into dice-shaped pieces and cook in boiling salted water with the onions.

Take out when done, remove the onions, pour over the potatoes while they are still hot a dressing of oil, vinegar, salt and pepper, and set them to cool.

Arrange the crisp lettuce leaves on an oval earthenware dish and put the potatoes in the center. Chopped parsley and thin slices of cold hard cooked eggs may be added to this salad as a garnish, or sliced gherkins and capers may be used.