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A fresh spring salad

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Springtime is here!  Sort of!  Although the weather has been decidedly un-springlike for the last couple weeks (gray, rainy, and generally yucky), there have been occasional patches of sunshine and happiness and I have tried my best to make the most of them.  A couple of weeks ago it was particularly nice around here so I decided to take a brief trip into the nearby woods on a culinary adventure.  As always, my first thoughts were directed to my readers and their entertainment, so I made sure to document the trip for posterity.  It is with that in mind that I bring to you part two in my " Highlights of Swiss Cooking ." Bear's Garlic Salad Step 1: Go to a nearby wooded area.  It doesn't have to be a particularly large place, but it probably has to be in Europe somewhere and it helps it's only lightly wooded so that the underbrush gets direct sunlight.  I chose the small wooded area on the northeast side of EPFL. Step 2: Look for a patch of ail des ours ...