Slovak Lettuce Soup Recipe

This fast-and-easy recipe for slovak lettuce soup or altov polievka is adapted from one by lubos brieda. It can be made very simply for those times when meat cannot be eaten or fleshed out with the addition of bacon or sausage, hard-cooked eggs, and boiled potatoes. At the very least, i like to use chicken stock instead of water. The major components one shouldn't mess with, however, are the vinegar, sugar, and dill. They are what make lettuce soup what it is. This dish is a prime candidate for wilted, but not brown, lettuce.