The salad of cold chicory dressed with hot bacon and vinaigrette and a poached egg is typical bistro fare.

Don't leave your hot bacon and eggs!

I eat my bacon, hot and salty.

Sweet and sour hot bacon and gazpacho dressings are also a step beyond ordinary.

"Let's go now, while the bacon's hot," wheezed Confido, scratching Marygolden on the arm.

Waiters not only whip up a mean spinach salad aglow with hot bacon dressing, but also toss all salads at their dining-room stations.

But Ranni is going to the nearest village to try and get news," said Pilescu, ladling out hot bacon on to the plates.

"He'll put them on our trail, I suppose," said Bud, biting into a ragged piece of bread with a half-burned slice of hot bacon on it.

Beautifully fresh spinach and mushrooms in a hot bacon dressing was a bargain at $4.95 for a platter that could serve four.

The best salad choice is seldom-seen chicory with hot bacon dressing.