Back in my day, spinach salad was topped with crispy bacon, the fat of which was kept warm and whisked up as the base of the dressing. This warm dressing was then poured over the salad just before it was served, so its heat would wilt the spinach. Nice, huh? I associated spinach salad with fancy dinner parties I went to with my parents when I was a child.
But I always hated it. The spinach salad, I mean, not the dinner parties themselves. Something about that bacon fat… …