Hot Dogs -- The Great Debate I Never Knew About

NathanialG wrote:

Word, have you been to the third restraunt mentioned on that show, The Publican? Its not quite as cheap as they make it out to be but it has really great food and beer there.

Yessir! It's walking distance from my place. I recommend the Sunday brunch.

I had two Skyline Cheese Coney Dogs for the first time at a Cincinnati Reds game last week and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Yummy.

Cheese Coney: Skyline's classic Cheese Coney is a specially-made hot dog in a steamed bun, with mustard, covered with our original, secret-recipe chili, diced onions and a mound of shredded cheddar cheese.
Dr_Awkward wrote:

I've been to RI. Apparently you have to wash the wieners down with coffee milk.

Rat Boy wrote:
Dr_Awkward wrote:

I've been to RI. Apparently you have to wash the wieners down with coffee milk.

That's...that's an OOC just by itself.

Well technically, you must wash it down with a coffee cabinet. Otherwise known as a frappe in MA or a milkshake in other parts. Coffee ice cream, coffee syrup and milk mixed together.

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Secret Asian Man wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Just relaying what my co-worker said when I mentioned the debate. He also mentioned nobody likes his spinach brownies.

mrwynd wrote:
Secret Asian Man wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Just relaying what my co-worker said when I mentioned the debate. He also mentioned nobody likes his spinach brownies.

This concept confuses and infuriates me!

mrwynd wrote:
Secret Asian Man wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Just relaying what my co-worker said when I mentioned the debate. He also mentioned nobody likes his spinach brownies.

Is it "special" spinach?

Parallax Abstraction wrote:
mrwynd wrote:
Secret Asian Man wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Just relaying what my co-worker said when I mentioned the debate. He also mentioned nobody likes his spinach brownies.

Is it "special" spinach? :)

I bet his house is also made out of gingerbread and gummy bears too.

Mustard only, please. Maybe some relish. Never ketchup.

This thread has that not-so-fresh feeling.

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Quintin_Stone wrote:

I find it pretty humorous that anyone can get snooty about what goes on a hot dog. It's a hot dog, people. It's like the Barbie Horse Adventures of fast food. They're just lips and assholes.

Edit: Doh, didn't realize this thread was six months old.

Kerplunk wrote:
Parallax Abstraction wrote:
mrwynd wrote:
Secret Asian Man wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Just relaying what my co-worker said when I mentioned the debate. He also mentioned nobody likes his spinach brownies.

Is it "special" spinach? :)

I bet his house is also made out of gingerbread and gummy bears too.

I would love to know what led you to this thread. Were you searching on "spinach"?

LouZiffer wrote:

This thread has that not-so-fresh feeling.

Well it is about hot dogs.

Bear wrote:

Edit: Doh, didn't realize this thread was six months old.

But now I'm curious about what you said.

Since this thread has been resurrected I have a question regarding hot dogs:

When you go to a sport stadium or fair, etc they always have those foot long hot dogs but they always put them on a normal bun. What the hell? Why would I want a hot dog where 50% or more cannot have toppings? Do foot long buns exist? Do people actually like foot long hot dogs on 6 inch buns?

garion333 wrote:
Kerplunk wrote:
Parallax Abstraction wrote:
mrwynd wrote:
Secret Asian Man wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

My co-worker says the only thing you put on a hot dog is: Strawberries and popcorn.

Umm.....what?

Just relaying what my co-worker said when I mentioned the debate. He also mentioned nobody likes his spinach brownies.

Is it "special" spinach? :)

I bet his house is also made out of gingerbread and gummy bears too.

I would love to know what led you to this thread. Were you searching on "spinach"?

It was linked to in another thread about great burger/weiner joints.

Can't believe I missed the discussion last time around. I forget what show it was, I think it was Sports Night, but once they referenced that Dirty Harry quote someone linked to on the first page of this thread, it was adios ketchup for me =)

mrwynd wrote:

Since this thread has been resurrected I have a question regarding hot dogs:

When you go to a sport stadium or fair, etc they always have those foot long hot dogs but they always put them on a normal bun. What the hell? Why would I want a hot dog where 50% or more cannot have toppings? Do foot long buns exist? Do people actually like foot long hot dogs on 6 inch buns?

I'll go ask my girlfriend, she has that experience a lot.

garion333 wrote:
mrwynd wrote:

Since this thread has been resurrected I have a question regarding hot dogs:

When you go to a sport stadium or fair, etc they always have those foot long hot dogs but they always put them on a normal bun. What the hell? Why would I want a hot dog where 50% or more cannot have toppings? Do foot long buns exist? Do people actually like foot long hot dogs on 6 inch buns?

I'll go ask my girlfriend, she has that experience a lot. ;)

With Prozac?

6 inch buns? Baby got BACK!

garion333 wrote:

I'll go ask my girlfriend, she has that experience a lot. ;)

HAH.

To answer the other question -- I've always sort've viewed the bun as an inconvenient handle, a way to avoid the social faux pas of gripping a nude weiner and chomping down on it sans bun. a 6 inch handle on a 12 inch hot dog seems like a decent compromise.

Xeknos wrote:

Mustard only, please. Maybe some relish. Never ketchup.

That's so wrong it almost comes full circle into being right again. Ketchup is the foundation upon which other condiments stand.

So in this area, the local sports radio station has been playing ads for Bright Leaf Hot Dogs, talking about how they're the best hot dogs ever and the sportscasters giving their own endorsements for how awesome they are.

We finally got some and tried them recently, and I'll be damned if they aren't the best hot dogs I've ever tasted. Ate one plain, just to try it without any other flavors masking it. MAN them's some good hot dogs.

Anyways, carry on.

I've never considered ordering hot dogs over the internet until now.

Rat Boy wrote:
LouZiffer wrote:

This thread has that not-so-fresh feeling.

Well it is about hot dogs.

Which means it'll go bad when? 2014?

Grenn wrote:
Xeknos wrote:

Mustard only, please. Maybe some relish. Never ketchup.

That's so wrong it almost comes full circle into being right again. Ketchup is the foundation upon which other condiments stand.

This is how I know you're from downstate Illinois.

Ranger Rick wrote:

So in this area, the local sports radio station has been playing ads for Bright Leaf Hot Dogs, talking about how they're the best hot dogs ever and the sportscasters giving their own endorsements for how awesome they are.

We finally got some and tried them recently, and I'll be damned if they aren't the best hot dogs I've ever tasted. Ate one plain, just to try it without any other flavors masking it. MAN them's some good hot dogs.

Anyways, carry on.

Are those pink hot dogs? I've run into that unholy variation a couple times and decided I'd much rather stick to beef franks.

For me its Miracle Whip, yellow mustard and A1. In a pinch the good'ol mustard/ketchup will do.

wordsmythe wrote:

Are those pink hot dogs? I've run into that unholy variation a couple times and decided I'd much rather stick to beef franks.

They're [color=#ff0000]bright red[/color], but if you bite into one, it's obvious it's just food coloring, they're a normal dark hot-dog color in the center. (I mean like normal higher-quality hot dog color, darker than an Oscar Meyer weiner.)

A few weeks ago, my wife and I were watching Good Eats, and it was the MAN FOOD, PART I episode. You know, the one where he did sliders and corn dogs? Well, I've come to a determination.

The only proper application for a hot dog is through life as a corn dog. Batter dip, fry, apply mustard, consume. You doubt me? Oh ye of little faith, fear not. Follow this recipe for Good Eats.

I don't own no stinckin deep fryer, and I sure as heck don't trust anyone else (other than Alton himself) to deep fry my weiner, so sirree.

Bullion Cube wrote:

I don't own no stinckin deep fryer, and I sure as heck don't trust anyone else (other than Alton himself) to deep fry my weiner, so sirree.

You don't actually need a deep fryer to make this one win. It certainly helps, but if all you have is a good cast iron pot, don't fear the corn dog.