original cobb salad

Ingredients For original cobb salad

• COBB SALAD
• 1/2 head

  finely chopped iceberg lettuce, chilled
• 1/2 bunch

  finely chopped watercress, chilled
• 1 sm

  bunch chicory, finely chopped
• 1/2 head

  very finely chopped romaine lettuce, chilled
• 8 oz

  chopped roast chicken or roast turkey (depending on what story you believe and/or on the whims of the home chef)
• 2 md

  tomatoes, finely diced
• 1 lg

  avocado, finely diced
• 6

  strips of bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
• 3 lg

  hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 2 Tbsp

  chopped chives
• 1/2 c

  finely grated roquefort cheese
• BROWN DERBY OLD-FASHIONED FRENCH DRESSING
• 1/4 cup

  water
• 1/4 cup

  red wine vinegar
• 1/4 tsp

  sugar
• 1/2 tsp

  freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1/2 tsp

  black pepper, freshly ground
• 1/2 tsp

  worcestershire sauce
• 3/4 tsp

  english mustard (or dry mustard)
• 1 clove

  garlic, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup

  olive oil
• 3/4 cup

  'salad' oil (such as vegetable oil or canola oil or corn oil or other neutral oil)