having a craving

[Paul Pless]

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[LeeG]

I first had one of those assemblies at a hot dog stand near the ferry terminal in Seattle. They’re colorful but I’d rather have a taco.

[Tom Montgomery]

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I know some people swear by them... but I can't do a Chicago dog.

[CWSmith]

Looks good, but locally I can get "Chinese sausages" about that same size that taste like Chinese spare ribs. You eat one of those, and you will give up on regular hotdogs.

[Paul Pless]

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[David G]

I can do without the sport pepper, and my favorite hot dog truck in the 1970s added a fresh cucumber spear and lots of celery salt. I keep a jar of neon green relish in the fridge.

For a short time, we could get the natural casing Vienna Beef dogs in the grocery stores here. Not any more.

Now I have a craving, too. You're a very bad man for bringing this up

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Bad... maybe.

But he's not the wurst.

I ate at a food cart the other day that offered a chili dog with chorizo sausage and spicy pickled peppers under the meaty chili with cheddar topping. Best thing I've eaten for weeks. They also had some of the best tamales I've ever had. I'll definitely stop there again when I'm in that part of town.

[bamamick]

I am having one too, for a 5.5 metre. It's not going well.

Mickey Lake

[hawkeye54]

Folks, I got 'spoiled' bad when growing up in North suburban Chicago in the mid-1960's - I lived just a few blocks from 'Fluky's' and 'Wolfy's' , just a couple miles from some great hot dog places in Evanston and Highland Park. When doing an 'all-night ' cramming session before an exam, I would head over to Fluky's and get a bag of 7 double Polish sausage sandwiches (dressed similar to the photo in the OP ) and 5 chocolate milkshakes, and eat and study my way through the night ! ! ! (Great memories )


Rick

[Breakaway]

Give me a natural casing dog that snaps when you bite it. Some brown mustard, and light on the onions. About like this.

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Kevin

[LeeG]

Folks, I got 'spoiled' bad when growing up in North suburban Chicago in the mid-1960's - I lived just a few blocks from 'Fluky's' and 'Wolfy's' , just a couple miles from some great hot dog places in Evanston and Highland Park. When doing an 'all-night ' cramming session before an exam, I would head over to Fluky's and get a bag of 7 double Polish sausage sandwiches (dressed similar to the photo in the OP ) and 5 chocolate milkshakes, and eat and study my way through the night ! ! ! (Great memories )


Rick

In Berkeley there was a local hotdog chain with an excellent assortment of dogs, brauts, etc. TopDog I think.

[Todd Bradshaw]

We used to frequently stop at Fluky's whenever the band was in Chicago. These days we can get everything - the proper buns, dogs, peppers, etc at one of our local supermarkets and make our own. The other Chicago staple that we make is Italian beef, with super-thinly sliced roast beef and we use Chicago Johnny's seasoning mix, which nails the proper flavor for the "gravy" that you dunk it in.

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Then for either dogs or beef I found these on Amazon, just for fun.

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[birlinn]

Give me a natural casing dog that snaps when you bite it. Some brown mustard, and light on the onions. About like this.

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Kevin

Is that really food?
Only way I would eat that is if tied down and force fed!

PS: should have taken a pic of the ciabatta I had for lunch today- far more appetising.

[Jfitzger]

Is that really food?
Only way I would eat that is if tied down and force fed!

PS: should have taken a pic of the bruschetta I had for lunch today- far more appetising.

I don't know if a Scot is the best judge of food. I couldn't find a photo of the deep fried haggis pizza but this is revolting enough to get the idea across.

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Scottish Deep-Fried Pizza

Deep-fried pizza is a Scottish concoction consisting of a pizza that is deep-fried in hot oil (without being dipped in batter) instead of being baked in an oven. It can be found in numerous chips shops throughout the country, where it is fried in the same oil where fish and chips are prepared.

This extremely caloric and unhealthy meal is often served with salt, vinegar, or chips in order to improve its flavors.

[birlinn]

Who said I am a Scot? Only been here 16 years; not taken out any immigration papers yet.

Anyway, I have just corrected my post- it was actually a ciabatta I had. Failing memory/senior moment; sorry.

Sadly the local pub does not do deep fried Mars Bars!

[LeeG]

I don't know if a Scot is the best judge of food. I couldn't find a photo of the deep fried haggis pizza but this is revolting enough to get the idea across.

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Scottish Deep-Fried Pizza

Deep-fried pizza is a Scottish concoction consisting of a pizza that is deep-fried in hot oil (without being dipped in batter) instead of being baked in an oven. It can be found in numerous chips shops throughout the country, where it is fried in the same oil where fish and chips are prepared.

This extremely caloric and unhealthy meal is often served with salt, vinegar, or chips in order to improve its flavors.

they say it’s haggis but is it?

[AndyG]

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Scottish Deep-Fried Pizza

You must try the Pizza Crunch Supper, £5.70 at my local chipshop. Half a 10" cheese and tomato pizza, battered, deep-fried and served with chips. About a million, trillion Calories. Best washed down with a "can o' ginger" (Irn Bru) to help scour the fat off your teeth and tongue.

Awesome.

Joe?

Andy

[Garret]

I actually (& unusually) have some natural casing franks in the fridge. 'bout time for some beans & franks. Local company here in VT (MacKenzie) makes some really good prepared meats - including these dogs.

[Katherine]

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I'll take mine without the tomato please.

[hawkeye54]

Chicago Johnny's is about 7 miles up the road from me. You can buy at the shop I think a couple hours a day, two days a week. Their giardiniera uses olive oil, not soybean or other oil. I'll have to pick some up for my son in Des Moines.

I 'googled' them, and they have a website (no affiliation) ! ! !

[Nicholas Carey]

The Chicago Hot Dog, "drug t'ru da garden":

1 poppy seed bun, steamed
1 all-beef kosher hot dog, grilled (Vienna preferred, but Hebrew National will do)
2 kosher dill pickle wedges
2 tomato wedges
Neon green Chicago-style pickle relish (you can fake this by adding a little blue food color to ordinary pickle relish and letting it sit for a week or so)
Diced white onion
Sport peppers (sport peppers are small, pickled green chiles — think pickled serrano chiles)
Yellow mustard
Celery salt

Put mustard on the hot dog bun. Add the grilled dog.
Wedge 2 tomato wedges betwixt bund and dog on one side of the bun and th 2 pickle wedges on the other
Top the dog with more mustard, then add the pickle relish, diced onion, and the sport peppers.
Sprinkle celery salt over the whole thing.

Enjoy.

Sport peppers describe: https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/c...sport-peppers/

And yes, Chicago pickle relish really is that green:

[SaltyD from BC]

[SaltyD from BC]

Its called get the craving buy the dogs and see what all else in the fridge wants to join them when i get home? I know sacrilege, but I'm like that sometimes...

[LeeG]

That’s a lot more appetizing than that Chicago mess.

[SKIP KILPATRICK]

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Needs a big squirt of Ketchup!

[Breakaway]

Is that really food?
Only way I would eat that is if tied down and force fed!

PS: should have taken a pic of the ciabatta I had for lunch today- far more appetising.

There will be more for the rest of us then, wont there?

Kevin

[Beowolf]

Mic drop.

[Yeadon]

I just had a hot dog with mustard and relish. And then I made some pancakes.

[Garret]

I just had a hot dog with mustard and relish. And then I made some pancakes.

Hot dogs aren't just for breakfast anymore yaknow!

[Jim Bow]

Who said I am a Scot? Only been here 16 years; not taken out any immigration papers yet.

A friend lived in St Johns, Vermont, USA for 32 years and was always referred to as “the new guy”.

[Paul Pless]

shoulda wrapped the hot dog in the pancake.

imagine if he had used a sausage dog
and served with a side of warm michigan amber maple syrup

[Ron Williamson]

Extremely caloric.
lol
R

[michigangeorge]

Just give me a good old A&W dog w minced onions and ketchup- yum :-)

[Beowolf]

Just give me a good old A&W dog w minced onions and ketchup- yum :-)

My parents met while working at an A&W, just a bit south of you.

[michigangeorge]

My parents met while working at an A&W, just a bit south of you.

We never had an A&W here in Alpena so that's probably the one I stopped at on trips south :-)

[Beowolf]

We never had an A&W here in Alpena so that's probably the one I stopped at on trips south :-)

Likely so.

I was up that way a couple weeks ago. Now it’s a taco stand at the Tawas City Beach Park.