Cobb Salad For Dinner

The Cobb salad is a popular composed salad found in restaurants all over the United States.

The Cobb salad was born in the wee hours of a Hollywood, California morning in 1937 at the Brown Derby restaurant. The owner, Bob Cobb, was ruffling through the kitchen’s refrigerator, pulling out various remnants including lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, cheese, tomatoes, chives and avocado. Smelling bacon being cooked nearby, he grabbed a few slices to add to his dish. It sounds like Bob Cobb liked to cook the same way I do. What do I have? How can I use it? Bob tossed the ingredients together and shared the outcome with his friend Sid Grauman (of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre fame). Mr. Grauman was so impressed that he asked for a “Cobb salad” at the restaurant the very next day, and a classic was born. The Brown Derby was a landmark restaurant that had been a part of Hollywood for decades, but sadly, it is no longer there. A part of the Hollywood tradition died the day they demolished the Derby.

Larry had the smoker going again, and when he smokes, he smokes. He smoked some ribs, a turkey and a pork loin. I used some of the smoked turkey to make Cobb Salads for dinner. The temperatures are still soaring, so it is still summer salad weather. This Cobb Salad just hit the spot.

I cooked up some bacon and made some croutons with some crusty bread that I cooked in the bacon grease and just started layering up the salads from there. Mine had avocados, Larry’s did not. His had cheese, mine did not. I also didn’t put the turkey on his yet, since he likes his warmed, whereas I prefer mine cold for something like this, but I think you get the general idea. 🙂

Simple can be elegant too. It’s all in the presentation. Presentation, presentation, presentation. 🙂 I only got he one picture of this salad, as it was kind of an after thought. But I guess sometimes less is more, right?!

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.