[BettyInFL]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Akin to my ketchup thread, it is time to seriously discuss frankfurters…aka hot dogs, wieners etc.

There is absolutely no frank other than Nathans in Coney Island, Brooklyn that is worth eating. All others are ground pulp compared to Nathans.
After all, the famous hot dog eating contest is at Nathans!
Nothing better than standing out on surf avenue in coney island enjoying the only true American Hot Dog.

Now before you people from chicago chime in. Chicago style hot dogs are an disaster to the culinary world..who can taste the meat with a kitchen sink piled on it.

And lets not discuss something MidWesterners call “Coney Sauce”….there is no Coney Sauce in Coney Island

And lets not go anywhere saying that chili should be on a hot dog..at most, some mustard nd sauerkrut. You want to eat chili..eat it..leave it off a hot dog.

And New Jersey….ive seen them put cream cheese or mashed potatoes on hot dogs…another abomination to the human spirit.

Nathans is the only true hot dog….it must also be HALAL,

OK, so being a Texas gal for over 20 years, it is Ball Park. Who the heck is Nathans??

Also, what is it the with the Coneys here (i.e. Coneys at 301 & 466a) Being from Tulsa and Houston, you STEAM the buns, and put the (tiny unknown source) hotdogs on there with mustard (on the bottom) , chili with GRATED onions (not chopped) and lots of cheese.

Growing up (Kansas) it was those awful Oscar Meyer wieners, with mustard and Pickle relish (or BOILED with Miracle Whip on White Bread - not a bun). I'm sure that with get someone riled up!

Now my dad (German descent) would always try to get us to put sauerkraut on them, but seemed he only wanted to put them on Brats.

What can I say?
Can I be redeemed????
LOL

[AMB444]

I'm originally from Wisco and hotdogs are picnic food for the kids.

Brats are better. Johnsonville only. And must be slow cooked in beer and onions before grilling. And use tongs not a fork otherwise you'll ruin it and make 'em too dry.

Do NOT use a hotdog bun. Must be a hoagie style bun or brat bun.

Topped with Frank's kraut and ground mustard only.

Serve with Point beer.

Enjoy your tailgating.

[JerryLBell]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Nathans is the only true hot dog….

IMHO, Nathans isn't even a close second to Michigan's supreme hot dog; the Vienna with Natural Casing by Koegel's. Even though it's a small company serving mostly southern Michigan and a little of northern Ohio, those of us from Michigan crave it enough that they send a freezer truck to The Villages (and to other locations up and down the Eastern seaboard) twice a year where we fans gladly line up in a hot parking lot to get six month's worth of them. I've served them to friends here that have never heard of them and they get near-universal acclaim. Two of my friends are serious hot dog connoisseurs, having eaten them all over the world, and both say that this is the best hot dog either of them has ever eaten.

D*mn, now you got me hankerin' for a hot dog! Gotta get some Koegel's out of the freezer and go get me some buns at the store!

Serve the Curve! (a slogan used by Koegel's)

[JerryLBell]

Originally Posted by BettyInFL

Growing up (Kansas) it was those awful Oscar Meyer wieners, with mustard and Pickle relish (or BOILED with Miracle Whip on White Bread - not a bun). I'm sure that with get someone riled up!

White bread? Seriously? But then, I had the same reaction when I was told with great seriousness that proper, Texas-style brisket was supposed to be served on white Wonder Bread.

It takes all kinds!

[PaulUnderwood]

I beg to differ Pearl all beef a Boston favorite.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by MandoMan

Really? Do you know what the slang term “tube steak” means? It’s like a one-eyed trouser snake.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by BettyInFL

OK, so being a Texas gal for over 20 years, it is Ball Park. Who the heck is Nathans??

Also, what is it the with the Coneys here (i.e. Coneys at 301 & 466a) Being from Tulsa and Houston, you STEAM the buns, and put the (tiny unknown source) hotdogs on there with mustard (on the bottom) , chili with GRATED onions (not chopped) and lots of cheese.

Growing up (Kansas) it was those awful Oscar Meyer wieners, with mustard and Pickle relish (or BOILED with Miracle Whip on White Bread - not a bun). I'm sure that with get someone riled up!

Now my dad (German descent) would always try to get us to put sauerkraut on them, but seemed he only wanted to put them on Brats.

What can I say?
Can I be redeemed????
LOL

Definitely mayo on it is popular in many regions as is celery salt. I was skeptical too but liked the contrast

[AMB444]

Originally Posted by JerryLBell

White bread? Seriously?

Yep and you'd cut them lengthwise so they wouldn't roll off the bread. And a slice of Kraft and that's lunch in the tree fort. Lol.

[JerryLBell]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

And lets not discuss something MidWesterners call “Coney Sauce”….there is no Coney Sauce in Coney Island

According to Wikipedia, hot dogs were not invented by him, but Nathan Handwerker (the founder of Nathan's) was responsible for really making them popular at his stand (and later restaurant) on Coney Island. Thus a "Coney" is synonymous with hot dogs, not neccessarily with the various ways of serving them. "Coney sauce" is therefore essentially, "hot dog sauce", used to liven up the too-often bland flavoring of hot dogs. Variations on it seem to have been invented in several places around the country (in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Texas and Ontario) , mostly by Greek immigrants who opened up hot dog stands in various places. Michigan seems to be where it is the most popular and has sub-regional variations, including Detroit-, Flint-, Jackson- and Kalamazoo-style. In many Michigan "Coney Island" restaurants, Coney sauce is also served on scrambled hamburger. This is called a "Loose Burger." Both "Coney dogs" and "Loose Burgers" often come with onions and some mustard.

I personally prefer the drier, meatier Flint-style Coney sauce on hot dogs and the wetter, less-meaty Detroit-style on Loose Burgers. I go without mustard (never cared for the stuff) and onions (they don't like me - why should I like them?). Until reading this article, I'd never even heard of Jackson- or Kalamazoo-style Coney Sauce. Next time I go home to Michigan, I'm going to have to look those up!

[JerryLBell]

Originally Posted by AMB444

Yep and you'd cut them lengthwise so they wouldn't roll off the bread. And a slice of Kraft and that's lunch in the tree fort. Lol.

Lordy, the sprung out a memory I'd long surpressed. My elementary school would wrap a slice of cheese (one of those evenly-slice, square, Kraft Single-types) and a slice of white bread around a god-awful, cheap hot dog, stick a toothpick through it and bake it. They served it under the name, "Winky Dinks". Yeezus!

However, somebody at Pillsbury must have suffered through something similar and came up with a recipe where you wrap one or two of those triangular-shaped "Crescent" bits of dough around a hot dog (preferrably a Koegel's, of course!) and bake that. That is surprisingly not bad.

At least nobody is claiming that the quarter-pound alleged hot dog they serve at Costco's along with a big old soda for a buck-fifty is anything remotely close to good. That thing is a tube of gas, just waiting to hit your gut before the gas is released. Nasty!

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by JerryLBell

Lordy, the sprung out a memory I'd long surpressed. My elementary school would wrap a slice of cheese (one of those evenly-slice, square, Kraft Single-types) and a slice of white bread around a god-awful, cheap hot dog, stick a toothpick through it and bake it. They served it under the name, "Winky Dinks". Yeezus!

However, somebody at Pillsbury must have suffered through something similar and came up with a recipe where you wrap one or two of those triangular-shaped "Crescent" bits of dough around a hot dog (preferrably a Koegel's, of course!) and bake that. That is surprisingly not bad.

At least nobody is claiming that the quarter-pound alleged hot dog they serve at Costco's along with a big old soda for a buck-fifty is anything remotely close to good. That thing is a tube of gas, just waiting to hit your gut before the gas is released. Nasty!

Kraft cheese.....translation: government cheese

[Pinball wizard]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Exactly….nathans is great. But still nothing better than a hot dog vendor on a NYC street corner selling Sabretts

Ahhhhhh.

Eating under the umbrella at sabrett!

[golfnut]

Detroit coney dogs, yummy

[AMB444]

Originally Posted by JerryLBell

At least nobody is claiming that the quarter-pound alleged hot dog they serve at Costco's along with a big old soda for a buck-fifty is anything remotely close to good. That thing is a tube of gas, just waiting to hit your gut before the gas is released. Nasty!

But it's only a buck fifty.

[mntlblok]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

No vegetable matter? Mustard, catsup(ketchup if you prefer), onions, sour kraut, peppers, broccoli (just wanna see who's paying attention), all from plants. (aka : vegetable matter)

I *did* post that with some small level of trepidation. Onions, sauerkraut, relish, "chow chow" (whatever *that* might be) - those sorts of things. None of the various, viscous condiments irk me, no matter their source. I'll do better next time. :-)