For the dressing
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chile sauce
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Tabasco sauce
Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons minced cornichons or dill pickle

For the salad
4 handfuls mixed greens
Boiled lobster, poached shrimp, poached tuna
poached salmon, or jumbo lump crab meat
2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and sliced
4 large hard-cooked eggs, sliced or quartered
Chopped tomatoes (ripe summer ones or grape tomatoes)