Healthy Salad Dressing Recipe

The Cobb salad is a garden salad invented by Robert H. Cobb, first cousin of Ty Cobb. It was a signature menu item of the Drake Hotel, a hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Variations of the salad are now served in restaurants worldwide. Its main ingredients are iceberg lettuce, tomato, bacon, chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado, and roquefort cheese.

History

In 1937, Brown Derby owner Robert H. Cobb went into the restaurant's kitchen to fix a late-night snack for Sid Grauman, operator of Grauman's Chinese Theater. He browsed the refrigerator for ingredients, and chopped them up finely. Thus, the Cobb salad was born. From then on, Grauman often requested that a Cobb salad be prepared for him. Word soon spread about this creation throughout Hollywood, quickly increasing its popularity. It became such a hit that film stars started requesting "Cobb's salad", and it was eventually added to the menu of the Drake Hotel.

Another story that helps to explain why the items are chopped up, states that Sid Grauman had to have dental surgery one morning and wasn't allowed to eat all day, so was particularly hungry. Since the pain in his jaw would not allow him to open his mouth very wide, Robert Cobb fixed him a salad and cut up each item into small bits. The original recipe is lost to the ages; the chef remembers collecting items that were available in the refrigerator at the time. One thing he does remember is that he chose items that would not require heavy chewing. Of them are: chopped egg, iceburg lettuce, avocado, blue cheese, bacon, tomato. Today items vary but the proper presentation is all items are chopped and mounded separately.

Presentation and recipes

Cobb salads are presented in a variety of ways. One common presentation uses a round bowl or plate, and places the ingredients in quadrants, arranged based on color and contrast.

Original recipe

The original recipe contained:

1. Lettuce (head lettuce, watercress, chicory, and romaine)
2. Tomatoes
3. Crisp bacon
4. Chicken breast
5. Hard-cooked eggs

1. Roquefort cheese
2. Chives
3. Special Cobb salad vinaigrette

Salad dressing

Although there are many variations on the dressing used for a Cobb salad, this one is purported to be the one originally used at the Brown Derby.

• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed orange juice
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon dry English mustard
• 1 small clove garlic, finely minced
• 1/4 cup full-flavored olive oil
• 3/4 cup salad oil

In media

• The Cobb Salad is ordered by actor William Holden in an episode of I Love Lucy .
• In Gilmore Girls , the Cobb Salad is ordered by Emily Gilmore (played by Kelly Bishop) in season 3, episode 2.
• In the novel Tamilon, the Cobb Salad at Jane's Diner is ordered by the protagonist, Warren Lavender.
• In Julie & Julia , Julie (played by Amy Adams) and three friends each order Cobb salads with a single ingredient removed.
• In the episode "Trick or Treat" from the second season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, a friend of Larry David claims that his grandfather was the "Cobb" that invented the Cobb Salad.

References

1. ^ "Calories in Cobb Salad". Calorie Count . http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/58126.html . Retrieved 2008-04-04 .  
2. ^ "Hollywood Stars". Sports Hollywood . http://www.sportshollywood.com/hollywoodcobb.html . Retrieved 2008-04-04 .  
3. ^ Potempa, Philip (2008-02-11). "Fast food 'souped-up' salad chain now in Chicago". The Times of Northwest Indiana . http://www.nwi.com/articles/2008/02/11/columnists/offbeat/doc74ce3da6e7e9ae2f862573e9007f6bc9.txt . Retrieved 2008-04-04 .  
4. ^ ""Curb Your Enthusiasm" Trick or Treat (2001)" . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0551429/plotsummary .  
5. ^ "Cobb Salad". Classic California Cuisine . http://www.dm.net/~kevin-a-murphy/cobb.html . Retrieved 2008-04-04 .  
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