Three Bean Salad Redux

Name: Three Bean Salad Redux
Ingredients: 1/3 cup dried lentils du puy or yellow shasta lentils; 1/3 cup dried mung beans; 1/3 cup organic dried chick peas; 4 strips of bacon; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 3 tablespoons reserved bacon drippings; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, minced; 1 tablespoon chives, minced; 2 tablespoons red onion, minced; 2 hard boiled eggs peeled and pushed through a strainer(set over a bowl) with a spatula; salt and fresh ground pepper; butter leaf lettuce leaves, rinsed and dried