Cobb salad 的词源

这种丰盛的切碎沙拉通常作为主菜，起源于1949年。据说是以罗伯特·霍华德Cobb（1970年去世）的名字命名的，他是洛杉矶布朗德比餐厅的老板。1949年的Brown Derby Cookbook声称了它的创作故事：

Bob Cobb, growing weary of the standard hot-dog-hamburger diet, found an avocado in the icebox. He chopped it up, along with some lettuce, celery and tomatoes, plus a strip of bacon and some salad dressing, and had that for his dinner. Several days later he tried it again, adding other ingredients which he had purchased on his way to work: breast of chicken, chives, hard-boiled egg, watercress, and a wedge of Roquefort cheese for the dressing. And that's how the Cobb Salad was born. [Marjorie Child Husted, The Brown Derby Cookbook, 1949.]

鲍勃·科布厌倦了标准的热狗汉堡饮食，发现冰箱里有一个鳄梨。他把鳄梨连同生菜、芹菜和西红柿，以及一条培根和一些沙拉酱 chop 了，作为晚餐。几天后，他又尝试了一次，添加了他上班路上买的其他食材：鸡胸肉、细香葱、煮熟的鸡蛋、水田芥和一块罗克福奶酪作为沙拉酱。就这样，科布沙拉诞生了。[马乔里·查尔德·休斯特，《布朗德比厨艺书》，1949年。]

这个姓氏是英语姓氏，据说源自Jacob的缩小形式；但它也是古英语中对首领的称呼，详见cob (n.)