Belleau Kitchen Challenge....

This was another fun challenge from my  friend Dom over at Belleau Kitchen.  
The challenge involved going back to your very first cookbook.  I think I got this one right and hopefully if my memory serves me correctly the first cookbook I ever owned is titled Doin The Charleston.  It's a little paperback book that showcases all the the grandest restaurants in Charleston South Carolina. Here is the recipe I chose.
Hot Spinach Salad

• 1 lb. raw spinach
• 5 strips of cooked bacon
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1/3 cup tarragon vinegar
• 1/2 tsp. dry English mustard
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 cup hard cooked egg chopped
• 1 cup blue cheese

After washing the spinach put it in a wooden bowl and place in a warm oven, along with the serving plates.  Cook the bacon until crispy, then pour off most of the bacon grease.  Add the olive oil and heat.  Add the Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, tarragon vinegar, dry mustard, sugar and lemon juice stirring until thoroughly heated.  Remove from heat. Add chopped egg and blue cheese and mix.  Pour hot mixture over warm spinach and toss.  Crumble the bacon and sprinkle over the salad.  Serve immediately.  This salad was very good, but I also knew my husband would want something a little more substantial so I added grilled shrimp and grape tomatoes.  Thanks Dom this was a lot of fun.